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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
1463
to Jaina deity to whom he professed allegiance up to his 29th year and most likely this was the state religion of the Mauryas... probably Asoka after his 9th year became a staunch Jaina and made Jainism his state religion.
In the 8th Edict he speaks of going out on tour well-enlightened. This shows that after the tenth year he became a follower of Jaina sect of Ājivika.
1735
John MCKENZIE-Hindu Ethics (The Religious Quest of India). London, 1922.
Chapter II. Buddhist and Jain Ethics, and Egoistic Hedonism :
Pp. 109-115. Jains are a religious community with a distinct origin and history; Mahavira-little known of his life ; title of Jina correspondens to that of Buddha ; means Conqueror. Jainism much nearer to Hinduism than to Buddhism. In Jain teaching, features suggestive of Buddhism-destruction of Karma; Jain conception of Nirvana different from the Buddhist Nirvāṇa, not the annihilation of the soul, but its deliverance and its entry into a blessedness that has no end (Barth, Religions of India, P. 147). Qualities of a Siddha (one who has attained deliverance).
The way to the attainment of Siddha-hood : Triratna or Three jewels vows of the laymen and ascetic. Principles of ahimsa-Jain more rigorous than Buddhist. Gautama died of a disease caused by eating pork. Preservation of life. Pinjra Pols or hospitals for animals, outcome of the doctrine. Belief in transmigration and hell. Ahimsa-its development. The Digambaras and the Svetāmbaras.
1736
Th. STCHERBATSKY-The Central Conception of Buddhism and the meaning of the word "Dharma". London, 1923.
Pp. 34, 49. (n. 2). Karma and Jainism.
P. 68. Jainism existing before Mahāvira.
P. 70. Soul with reference to Jainism and other schools of philosophy.
P. 73.
8th cent. B.C., the period of pre-Jainistic Jainism,
1737
T. A. Gopinatha RAOOn the History of Sri-Vaisav nas. (Sir Subrahmanya Ayyar Lectures, 1917). Madras, 1923.
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