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a few days except during the four-months rainy retreat when they abide in any one place. The basis of these sects and subsects is no: so much the difference in the doctrine or the basic principles of the creed as in the codes of conduct, particularly of the ascetics, and in the modes of worship and ritual. There are some other differences, too, relating to certain traditions, etc., but they are of minor significance.
Literature : The original Jaina scriptures ( Agama, Shruta or Jina ani ), as preached by the 24 Tirthankaras, one after the other, and finally codified in the time of Mahavira ( 599-527 B.C. ), the last of them, consisted of the Twelve Angas ( limbs of canon ) and a number of Miscellanea ( Painnas ). The last of the 12 Angas, the Drishtivada, compprised five sections, the most important of which was that of the fourteen Purvas dealing with philosophy in detail. Thus, the Jaina
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