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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
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J. VINSON --La religion des des J'aina--Paris, 1870.
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P. WURM-Geschichte der indischen Religion im Umriss dargestellt. Basel, 1874.
Pp. 286-288. Review on the religion of the Jains. The Jainism is considered as a mingling of Buddhism and of Brahmanism-Age and home of the Jainism.Characteristics of the Jaina religion in comparison with the Brahmanism;
1. Rejection of the Vedas.-The sacred literature of the Jains.
2. Adoration of the Tirthakaras.
3. Absolute prohibition to kill living being, no matter what it may be.
Characteristics in comparision with the Buddhism :
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Tendency to the monotheism and not to the atheism.
2. The cosmology.
The priests: Sabhus and ratis.--The sects.
Digambaras and svetāmbaras.- The Jainism is specially diffused into the caste of the Vaisyas.
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L. ROUSSELET--L'Inde des Rajahs.- Paris, 1875.
Pp. 17-18. The respect of animal life to the Jains. Description of the Jaina hospital for animals at Bombay.
P. 27. Influence of the Jains at Bombay. The Banyas.
P. 98.
The Jains at Surat.
The priests. The hospital for animals.
P. 146.
The Jain temple of Kaira.
P. 173. The group of Jaina temples at Jowar (Rajputana).
P. 232.
The Jain temple of Chitor.
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