________________ > આદર્શ મુનિ. -*^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^**** પ્રાચીનતા ઉપર વિશેષ પ્રકાશ પાડે છે, તેઓ પણ ધન્યવાદને પાત્ર છે. આ સ્થળે તેમનામાંના કેટલાકના અભિપ્રાય વિગેરે ટાંકવા અગ્ય તો નહિ જ ગણાય. | સુપ્રસિદ્ધ યુરોપિયન ગ્રન્થકાર મેકસમિલર (Maxmiller) સાહેબે પોતાના “આર્ટિકલ ન આર્યન” નામના ગ્રંથના ullort 24'3hi ( Article on Aryan Vol. II) Hartl પ્રાચીનતા અતિશય વિસ્તારપૂર્વક સિદ્ધ કરી બતાવી છે. તેમાં તેઓ લખે છે - "It is now quite certain that the Jain community was really even older than the time of Buddha and was recognized by his contemporary the Mahavir named Wardhaman and it is also clear that the Jain Views of life were in the most important and essential respects the exact reverse of the Buddhist Views. The two orders Jain and Buddhist were not only and from the first independent, but directly opposed one to the other. In Philosophy the Jains are the most through going supporters of the old animistic position nearly everything according to them has a soul within its outward visible shape; not only men and animals but also all plants and even the particles of earth and of water (when it is cold) and fire and wind. The Buddhist theory as is well known is put
