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JAINISM, ANCIENT AND MODERN 67 under the distinguished auspices of the venerable sage, Vijaya Dharma Sūri, bring about the revival of Jain learning, and inaugurate a new era of progress and advancement of Jain culture, paving the way at the same time to the reconciliation between the Shvetāmbaras and the Digambaras, the two great sects of the Jain community.