ABSTRACT

Pår¬va the twenty-third fordmaker of the current world era.

of coconut or a sweet after a ritual. Pråkrit term for a variety of ancient Indo-Aryan vernac-

ular dialects. pratikraman˝a ritual repentance. p¨jå worship. Purån˝a Hindu mythological lorebooks imitated by Jain

age. Universal Jain legendary history of the world.