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CHAPTER XIII. Divisions of the Jains and the Buddhist. We sball end this historical and philoso. phical comparison of the two religions, by considering one more point of similarity. We have seen in the early history of the Jains, that they were divided into two im. portant divisions, the Svetambras and the Digambras. These divisions of the Jains have a counter part in the great and little vehicle.of Buddhism. As we have already traced the Jain literature to its source, and have also shown the important reason of its division into two sects, we shall here confine ourselves to trace the circumstances that led to the division of Buddhism into two im. portant subdivisions.
Shortly after Buddha's death there seems to bave risen some doctrinal disputes ; to settle these disputes the first great Buddhist council was called together at Rajagriha near Magadha. In it Kasyapa (the most Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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