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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
1577
P. 191. Hinduism has drawn within its pale the Jain god and goddess of Pandharpur.
1970
W. CROOKE-- An introduction to the Popular Religion and Folklore of Northern India--- Allahabad, 1894.
P. 4. Recall of the Jaina rule which prohibits eating after the sun-set, lest one would kill the insects which penetrated into the mouth.
P. 7.
The swastika is regarded by the Jains as a propitious sign.
P. 67. The Jains worship Bhairava as the protector of their church and their community. They offer to him some fruits or some sweetmeats, but never meat or bloody sacrifices.
P. 117.
The Jaina cult consists in the worship of deified saints.
P. 235. Indra is the invisible companion of Mahāvīra.
P. 338. The emperor Akbar prohibited killing of the animals during the twelve days regarded as sacred (Pajusan) by the Jains.
1971
North-Western Provinces and Oudh,
W. Crooke-The tribes and castes of the 4 volumes. Calcutta, 1896.
VOLUME III. Pp. 52-55. Article Jati.
Statistic of the Jains in the provinces of the North-West and of Oudh ; according to the census of 1891. Most of them belong to the caste of the Banyās. General review, borrowed from M. BURCESS, on the Jainism and the Jains. Ideas on the ratis. They are of two sorts ; Ist the ratis properly called, the priests, dressed in white; 2nd the Sewaras who bear dresses of Ocherous colour. These last of nomadic habit, have the reputation to practise magic and sorcery. The Hindus have them in horror and despise them. The census reveals 12 Jaina fakirs : 4 at Saharanpur, 1 at Muzaffarnagar, 1 at Mathura, 2 at Agra and 4 at Jalaun.
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