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disciples. It must be here remembered that the historicity of Pars'va, the twenty-third Tirthankara, is an acknowledged fact and that Jainism in its old form with fourteen Purvas was taught by Mahavira who reformed and disciplined it and made his personality deeply felt upon the further course of its development. It is from these Purvas that Gosala Mankhaliputta, the leader of Ajivakas, Jamali11 the son-in-law of Mahavira and the propounder of a new sect, drew their inspiration. The Jain community rejuvenated by Mahavira lives on till now, while the sects of the latter teachers seem to have vanished soon
after their propounders passed away. It was an era when establishing of religious sects, formulation of religious doctrines, efforts of the religious teachers to gather under their doctrinal fold a number of followers, seem to be the fashion of the day as politics or economics is now. This
11. Indian Antiquary xi. P. 245-246. Extracts from the Historical Records of the Jainas' by Johannes Klatt. According to खरतरगच्छपट्टावली noted by him, I was the first schism-maker in the Jain church (Vira 15.) are is well-known; See. Notes. P. 238 onwards (P. L. Vaidya) where he has given all materials following Hoernle and others.
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