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Brief Outlines of Jainism
Vedic injunctions through the literature, which known as Upanishads. Sankhya's closeness with Jainism
Sankhya system is considered as the earliest Indian attempt to systematize philosophy. The earliest propounder of this philosophy was saint Kapila. There is a good deal of similarity between Jainism and Sankhya.
Intermixture of traditions.
While appreciating the ontological and philosphical aspects of different religious traditions which have their birth in the same national culture, it should be constantly born in mind that each of these traditions must have necessarily influenced the other in its individual development and therefore, it is futile to consider which tradition was principally responsible to influence the other.
Word Jain of later innovation
Jainism is a subsequent innovation. In the times of Shri Mahavir and Shri Buddha it was known as "Path if Arhat" or "Path of Niganthas".
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