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These works are part of a series with a general title It contains the life of Mahavira down to his leaving the worlds The text has been given in Devanagari with transliteration, translation and long quotations from other works It has been divided up into chapters It has been enriched with an introdution of Prof. Thakar, wherein, he has made some interesting comparisons with Buddhist practices
The volume of the Sthaviravali contains the lives of the eleven chief disciples and four of the sthaviras The next volume discusses important problems of Jaina doctrine (related to Jiva Atman and Karma etc.) each question being discussed with one of the disciples. The original Prakrit, mostly in Arya verse is given with a transliteration and copious extracts from the commentary.
The fourth volume contains the discussion with the seven Nihnavas of the desa-visamavadi type and Botika of the sarvavisamavadi type with an introduction
The fifth volume contains summaries of life incidents and an index of the chief works composed by Eleven Ganadharas of Sramana Bhagvan Mahavira
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