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from both the points of view, namely, tradition and' history.
(3) This needs no proof. The observations of Dr. H. Jacobi in the Jain Gazette (English) for January 1914 will suffice to show the truth of the correction suggested.
(4) The life of Mahavira will make this sufficiently clear; but 1 am tempted to ask what is the authority of the writers of the High Roads etc. for their absurd and insulting statement in this respect?
(5) This needs no authoritative European pronouncement. It is simply a question of the Jaina tenets. Surely the authors must not write things about the religion of others without studying it. That the Jains deny the existence of God--"is a statement. which makes every Jain laugh." The correction sugg ested does no harm to the authors, view, but only removes the philosophical error which they have introduced in their work. In many of the Jaina works the author swould find the salutation: Om Shri Paramatmane Namah. Will the authors ignore this and say that the Jainas are ignorant of Paramtaman. ?
(6) and (7) again are concerned the with matter of doctrine. Surely the authors ought to understand such simple terms as Prithvikaya,apa-kaya etc., which
