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is narrated. Sakkaka is not a Nigantha himself, as he boasts of having vanquished Nataputta in disputation, and, moreover, the tenets he defends are not those of the Gainas. Now when. a famous controversialist, whosc father was a Nigantha, was a contemporary of the Buddha, the Niganthas can scarcely have been a seet founded during Buddha's life." P. XXII & XXIII ibid,
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(vj “Our discussion, which we here close, lias, I hope, proved that the development of the (aina church has not been, at any time, violently interrupted by some very extraordinary events; that we can follow this development from its true beginning through its (lifferent stages, and that Gainism is as much independent from other sects, especially from Buddhism, as can be expected from any sect. We must leave to future researches to work out the details, but I hope to have removed the doubts, entertained by some scholars, about the independence of the Gaina religion and the value of its sacred books as
