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A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas

by Hiralal Rasikdas Kapadia

A pioneering survey by a Gujarati scholar of the Shvetambara canonical scriptures, their divisions, traditional history and commentaries. It remains a useful reference for the contents and transmission of the Agamas and the councils at which they were collected.

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