Account of Jainism

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Jainism.
materials like food, clothes, wealth etc. Now the Jains, a million and a half in all, are spread over Lahore and Kashmere in the North, Mysore Material and Rameshwer in the South and prosperity Bombay, Gujerat and Karachi in the of the Jains west. But not one will be found to wander over public streets in search of food. Famine, fire or floods may have reduced some to destitution; but they are very few. Most of the Jains are merchants, money-lenders or landholders. A few are servants. But they are well-doing men as a class. Some are owners of lacks. A faw are owners of crores too. Thus the Jains are a materially prosperous class. We shall consider their ethical condi tion now.
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The proportion of jaol-going population is a good index to the moral condition of a community. The following table, drawn from the Jaol Adminstration Repot of the year 1891 for the Bombay presidency gives useful figures.