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flourished about the time of Buddha.” But he admits so far only, and positively asserts that Jainism is much later than Buddhism, and that "it must have received a definite shape and the sect became compaot several centuries later." For this assertion of his that Jainism is much later than Buddhism Dr. Bhandarkar puts forth the following three arguments. « 1st some of its ideas resemble those of the Vaiseshikas. 2nd a morbid extravagange characterises its moral discipline, while the tone of Buddhism is much more healthy, and 3rd its sacred language is the principal Prâkrit, while that of the Buddhists was originally the Pâli, and the Prakrits were formed in my opinion about the beginning of the Christian era.”
Now we shall try to examine critically the Erst of the learned doctor's ihree argu. ments. It is true that the Vaisesbika sys. tem as taught in the Sutras or succinct aphorisms of Cánáde as Colebrooke spells Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
