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to practise them even after acquiring the Kevalinship. The other point of resem. blance is that Gosâla Makkhaliputra is repre. sented as an opponent both of Buddha and Mahavira, though not so bitter against the order of Buddha as he was against that of Mahavira. Now there is nothing very strange or particular in Gosâla the head of one of the six monastic orders which had sprung up at that time, bearing animosity against two of the most important rival orders. We shall finish this comparison between Buddha and Mahavira by saying that the latter died in Pawa, while the former died in Kusingara. The European scholars attached undue importance to certain points of resemblance in their lives, forgetting that they were examining the lives of two Indian ascetics which as Prof. Jacobi says from the very nature of things must present some conformity. Even men like Prof. Weber were carried away, by what they fancied to be a strong resemShree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com