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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
P. 4. The Jains are forbidden to eat after sun set lest insects may enter the mouth and be destroyed.
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P. 67. The Jains worship Bhairava (one of the most awful forms but do not offer him flesh or blood sacrifices, but fruit and sweetmeats of siva) as the protector or agent of the Jain church and community.
P. 117. Worship of ancestors by the Jains.
P. 338. Akbar's prohibition to kill cattle during the twelve sacred days (pojisan) observed by the Jains.
1669
Ancient Religions Before the Great Anno Domini. (CR, c, art 5, 1895, Pp. 75-98).
P. 90. Mixing up of Jainism sometimes with Buddhism and sometimes with Brahmanism. Parsvanatha was contemporaneous with other great men of the time. Two centuries later lived Mahavira, who, like Buddha, was of the royal caste. In several features Jainism differs from Buddhism; it has never left India, and is still a quasi
It has a form of worship; ineffable bliss is the goal of Jainism, not nirvana; both lay stress on morality, charity, purity, patience, courage, contemplation, knowledge; both get rid of caste, and are atheistic. The Jains number one and a half million; they enjoin mercy to all animated beings, and place a cloth over their mouths to save the lives of insects; they have a considerable literature, and an order of priesthood.
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E. W. HOPKINS-The Religions of India-Boston. London, 1895.
Pp. 280-297. Jainism-Origin of the Jainism. It is contemporary of the Buddhism and appeared in the 6th century BC. The author is inclined to believe that the Jainism is however more ancient than the Buddhism.-Mahavira:
his personality.-The Svetämbaras and Śvetämbaras and the Digambaras. -Principle of the Jainism. The three jewels. The moral practices; the duties of the laic adepts. Analogy of the Jain moral with the Brahmanical moral and moral and that of the Buddhists. Respective customs of the Svetämbaras and of the Digambaras.
P. 318. The path of deliverance according to Mahavira.
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