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[ 44 ] The gentleman himself admits in his criticism that the two sects have their own sacred books-one in Prakrit and the other in Sanskrit and Hindi. Of course we have never alleged that these books treat with different philosophy but it cannot be denied that there are minor differences in details or beliefs and rituals of the members of the two sects and that they have not always been on the best of terms.
VII. In his last objection our critic says: “; We are wrong even in saying that the Jains began to worship the images after Mahavira.” And adds that "they did such worship even before."
In the first place we have never said so. All what we have said on page 14, is that "In course of time they ( Jains ) have begun to worship the images of their twelve Jainas, etc.” To our critic's allegation “they did such worship even before,” we would reply that any one who claims to have even a slight acquaintance with ancient Indian History,knows this patent fact that the image worship was introduced into India for the first time, after the Christian era, whereas Mahavira flourished in the 6th century B. C. It could not therefore have been introduced before his time.
UTTAR CHAND KAPUR & SONS,
The Publisher.
