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national welfare arising from Jainism. I shall now briefly speak about each of these points.
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Jainism is the religion preached by the Meaning of Jineshwars.' Those who have cond'Jainism.' uered love, hate, sensual desire, and such other passions, or, those who have vanqu shed the eight *Karmans, are Jins and those who are the best of them are the Jineshwars. Frequently they are also called i. e. those
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who are free from all passions, who are revered by Indra and others, i. c. Omniscient, qui. e. those who have occupied the highest place and i. e. those who शास्ता 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 Sl.wcThe three setambers and the Dhundias. There cts of Jains is no difference between these sections compared. as regards their principles. They all (P. 7)
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