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BAIJNATH. Hinduism: Ancient and Modern. Meerut,
1905.
Pp. 130-131. Jainism-A branch of Hinduism.
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OLDHAM, C. F. The Sun and the Serpent. London,
1905.
Pp. 172-181. Both Buddhist and Jain systems closely connected with the sun and the serpent-Each of these forms of religion arose or found their chief supporters, amongst Solar tribes who had come but little under Brahmanical influence-The Purāņa version that Buddhism and Jainism originated amongst the Asuras-Origin-Legend ancient, as later sect of white-robed Jains not mentioned-Jain devotees called Yati-Term Siddha for the deified ascetics-Jains in existence before Buddha-All the twenty-four tirthankaras, or deified anchorites of the Jains, were Kshatriyas, and all but two were of the Solar race of Ikṣvāku-Close connection as such with the Sun and the SerpentThe last of the tirthankaras was Vardhamana or Mahavira who was a contemporary of Sakya Buddha-He was related by marriage to Bimbisāra, rājā of Magadha-By permission of his elder brother, Vardhamana became an ascetic; he went naked; after twelve years he became a Jina or Tirthankara; after his death, he became a Siddha-Pārśva, who preceded Mahāvīra, was a son of the Raja of Benares-He is represented with the hoods of a seven-headed Näga expanded over his head-Sculptured representations of Naga at Jina temples.
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THURSTON, EDGAR. Ethnographic Notes in Southern India. Madras, 1906.
P. 150. Jain cremation.
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