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210 DUTT, SHOSHEE CHUNDER. India, Past and Present. London, 1880.
P. 141. Jainism superior to the general religion of the country. The Jains also repudiate the Vedas. Like the Vaisnavas and unlike the Buddhists, they adhere to caste. They explain Nirāna more fully by distinctly assigning to the liberated soul a spiritual life for ever and ever. Of the saints worshipped by them Ādinátha, Pārsvanātha and Mahā. vīra are the most important.
211 MITRA, RAJENDRALAL. Indo-Aryans. . l'ols. Calcutta and London, 1881.
Vol. I. Pp. 16, 36, 63. Jain temples. Vol. 2. Pp. 355. 369. Jain temples. Vol. 2. Pp. 357. 417, 418. Jainism of Asoka.
212 Growse, F. S. Mathura: A District Memoir. 3rd. Ed. Allahabad, 1883.
Pp. 12-13. Most of the Saràogis of the dist. including Seth Raghunath Das are of the Khandel gachihla or got-They number in all 1593 only. A temple of the Seth stands in the suburb of Kesopur. Jambu Svāmi practised penance here. He is reputed the last of the Keralis. The temple was built by Mani Ráma, who enshrined in it a figure of Chandra Prabhu. A large marble statue of Ajitnátha, brought by Seth Raghunath Das now occupies the place of honour. In the city are two other Jain temples dedicated to Padma Prabhu in the Ghiya mandi and the Chaubes' quarter. Other temples at Kosi and Sahpan.
213 Seweli., ROBERT. A Sketch of the Dynasties of Southern India. Madras, 1883.
P. 15. The Cholas destroyed a number of Jain temples at Puli
