CONTRIBUTION OF JAIN LITERATURE:

◻️ CONTRIBUTION OF JAIN LITERATURE:

📜 Jain literature is known to have contributed to the development of several Indian languages.

📜 Ardhakathanaka, by Banarasidasa, is the first autobiography in Braj Bhasha which is termed as the precursor to the Hindi.

📜 Works such as Nalatiyar, Civaka Cintamani, Valayapathy etc. have enriched the Tamil language.

📜 Kannada literature owes its origin to the Jaina literary works.

📜 Some of the oldest Jaina literature is available in Shauraseni, which led to the development of languages such as Gujarati, Marwari etc.

📜 Many Jaina literary works were written in Apabhramsa such as Kahas, grammar etc. Apabhramsa is known as the precursor to many Indian languages of the Gangetic plains.