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An Account of national welfare arising from Jainism.
I shall now briefly speak about each of these points.
Jainism is the religion preached by the Meaning of 'Jineshwars.' Those who have cony'Jainisin.' uered love, hate, sensual desire, and such other passions, or, those who have vanquished the eight *Karmans, are Jins and those who are the best of them are the Jineshwars. Frequently they are also called alatii.e. those who are free from all passions, té a i. e. those who are revered by Indra and others, az i. e. Oinniscient, qrig i. e. those who have occupied the highest place and that i. e. those who show the right path. There are hundreds of other names which also indicate their nature. The present Jains of India are divided into three sections, viz, the Digambars, the ShweThe three se. tambers and the Dhundias. Therə cts of Jains is no difference between these sections compared. as regards their principles. They all
*The eight Karmas are explained further. (P.7) Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
