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Contents
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Prolegomena
Mahāvira's Brief Life-Sketch III. What is Jainism
i) Meaning of Tirthankara IV. The Background of Jain Religion
i. The Vedic Legacy of Dharma ii. Jain attitude towards Vedic Religion
Part I. History of Jainism
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Origin of Jainism i. The Antiquity of Jainadharma
(a) The Date of Mahāvira References to Jainism in the
Buddhist Literature iii. Jain Literature : Svetāmbara and
Digambara iv) Position of Jainism after the Nirvana
of Mahāvīra VI. Growth of Jainism :. VII. Spread of Jainism
i. Introduction of the Caturāśrama
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Part II. Some Aspects of Jainism
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VIII. Free Thinking in Jainism IX. The Constitution of the Universe X. Jaina Kālacakra (The Wheel of Time) XI. Philosophical Doctrines
i) The Doctrine of Reality ii) Anekāntavāda iii) Saptabhangi iv) The Nature of Syāduāda v) Nayavāda
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