Encyclopaedia Of Jainism

Author(s): P C Nahar, K C Ghosh
Publisher: Satguru Publications

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( 20 ) CHAPTER XXXV.
Gunasthanas. The Gunasthanas or the Stepping-stones to Higher things—The Fourteen Stages squeezed up into Four only—The First is the Life of Conscious Selection - The. Third is that of Conscience aud Faith-And ene Fourth is that of Knowledge and Delight luônite-Fourteen Stages leading to Omniscience-Regulation or control does not mean Stultification as complained of
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Jain Church The cycles of Avaşarpini and Utsarpini -The Yugalikas and the Kalpa TreesWe get glimpses of the lives of the First Twenty-two Tirthauk:urs-Regular Historical accounts begins with Parshwanath, the Twenty-third Tirthaukar and Mahavir, the Twenty-fourth-Rupture and Split—the Principal Subdivisions of the Swetambaris and Digambaris—The list of Gachhas
617-670. CHAPTER XXXVII.
Jain Festivals. Of the Festivals, Pujjusan is the Greatest--Chaturmäsya-Thé Deivali--Jodna Panchami ---Merh Terash -- XIouna Eka.