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Please see Note No. 56:
NOTE NO. 58.
જૈન સાહિત્ય સંમેલન- પાવિવ
જૈનસાહિત્યમે ઇતિહાસકે સાધન—લેખક મુનિરાજ શ્રી વિધાવિયન
जैनोंके 'कथासाहित्य' के विषयमें डॉ. हर्टल, अपने एक आर्टिकलमें लिखते हैं: - " इंडियाका प्रायः समस्त कथासाहित्य, उचित रीतिसे जैनोकाही हैं । और यह साहित्य जितना गद्यमें लिखा हुआ है, वहाँतक सचमुच उस बोलने में आती हुई संस्कृत भाषामें रचनेमें आया है"
"The Jains always endeavoured to raise the morals of their countrymen; while Hindu authors do not shrink from most obscene stories, as is clear from Prajapati myths in the Rigveda, in the Brahmans, and from many stories in the Mahabharata and in the Puranas, stories which no Jain ever would have related" (Extract from Hertel's letter the Oc. 29--1911).
NOTE No. 60.
H. H. Mabaraja of Mysore in his speech at All-India Jain Conference held at Cravana Belgola says "It is not merely that Jainism has aimed at carrying Ahimsa to its logical conclusion undettered by the practicalities of the world; it is not only that Jainism has attempted to perfect the doctrine of the spiritual conquest of Matter in its doctrine of the Jiva,--what is unique in Jainism among Indian religions and philosophical systems is that it has sought Emancipation in an upward movement of the spirit towards the realm of Infinitude and Transcen
