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टी. पी. कुप्पुस्वामी शास्त्री एम. ए. एसिस्टेन्ट गवर्नमेन्ट मुनियम तंजोरना एक अंग्रेजी लेखनो अनुवाद जनहितैषी भाग १० अंक २ मां पा एल छे तेमां जणान्युं छे के---
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" तीर्थकर जिनसे जैनियोंके विख्यात सिद्धांतोका प्रचार हुआ है वह आर्य क्षत्रिय थे.
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२ जैनी अवेदिक भारतीय आयका एक विभाग है."
NOTE NO. 13.
"Of the two movements named above (Jainism and Buddhism), Jainism is the older." P. 35 A History of India P't. I. The Pre-Musalman Period by K. V. Rangaswami Aiyangar.
'Vardhaman's family were the members of a sect founded some generations previously by Parsvanatha". P. 36 ibid.
JAINISM NOT AN OFFSHOOT OF BUDDHISM.
"From the above summary of the opinions of scholars, it is clear that Jainism was not only distinct and separate from Buddhism, but that it had an earlier existence. If so, what was. the position of Mahavira? That he could not have been the founder of the faith is evident. He is therefore to be considered as a reformer of the Jain faith."
P. 12 studies in South Indian Jainism Pt. I by M. S. Ramaswami Ayyangar and B. Seshagiri
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