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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
VOLUME IV. Pp. 97-107. Article Oswāl.
Legend on the coversion to the Jainism of the tribe of the Oswāls. Towards the year Samvat 222 (165 A.D.), there was at Osanagari a king without progeny. Thanks to the devotions of a Jaina ascetic of the name of Ratnasūri, this prince obtained a son and was converted soon to the Jainism. The conversion of the tribe was accomplished afterwards progressively upto Samvat 1167. The Oswāls are in general Digambaras. Some only belong to the Svetāmbara community and worship ancient masters of the Kharatara sect ; they read the Kalpasūtra. Some ideas on the cult, the pilgrimages and religious festivals.
1972
M. MILLETT-Some modern Jain Sects-Hindu Antipathy to Jains. (Indian Antiquary, vol. XXV, P. 147). Bombay, 1896.
Review on two sects of Jaina ascetics: the Mundebands and the Dhundiās. Citation of proverbs of a certain animosity against the Jains in Rajputana.
1973
S, C. VIDYABHUSANA--The Sarāka caste of India identified with Serike people of Central Asia. (Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1903, Pp. 56-59). Calcutta, 1903.
Diverse opinions on the Sarakas :
H. RISLEY consider them as the descendants of an ancient Jaina tribe. Likewise, for M. STREATFIELD, they must have been originally Jains.
A. GAIT and M. HARAPRASAD SHASTRI regard them as Buddhists. The Sarakas inhabit in the provinces of Bengal (West) of Chota Nagpur of Orissa and even of Assam. The Sarāogis live in the provinces of the North-West and the Central Provinces. They belong to the Jaina religion. One believes them to be of the same race as that of the Sarakas. For the author of this treatise, the Sarakas and the Saraogis are, on the contrary, two distinct races. The first are of Mongolian race and the second of Caucasian race. Besides the Saraogis profess the Jaina faith, whilst the Sarakas are adepts of the Hindu cult.
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