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D. M. Roy-The culture of mathematics among the Jains of Southern India in the ninth century A.D. (A.B.O.R.I., Vol. VIII, 1927, Pp. 145-147).
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S. M. EDWARDES-- The Jaina Gazette, vol. XXI, No. 6, 1925. Book Notice. (I.A. vol. LVI, 1927); Bombay.
P. 235. An article on the Vrātyas by Prof. A. CHAKRAVARTI; a rapid survey of existing information and theories about the Vrátyas, who depricated in sacrificial cult of the Vedas and preached the doctrine ol ahima.
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Kumarswami SHASTRI (Officiating Chief Justice of the Madras High Court)-- Antiquity of Jainism. (A.I.R.A., 1927, Madras, 228).
"Were the matter res-integra, I would be inclined to hold that modern research has shown that Jains are not Hindu dissenters but that Jainism has an origin and history long anterior to the Smritis and commentaries which are the recognised authorities on Hindu Law and Usage. In fact Mahāvira, the last of the Jain Teerthankaras, was a contemporary of Buddha, and died about 527 B.C. The Jain religion refers to a number of previous Teerthankaras, and there can be little doubt that Jainism as a distinct religion was flourishing several centuries before Christ. In fact Jainism rejects the authorities of the Vedas which form the bedrock of Hinduism and denies the efficacy of various ceremonies which Hindus consider essential."
(The Jaina Gazette, vol. XXVIII. No. 7. July, 1941. P. 111, Lucknow).
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Gray Lous HERBERT--The Mythology of all rāces. Vol. VI. Boston, 1927.
Pp. 220-9. Jain mythology :- Similarity of Jain and Buddhist mythology-the real Jain gods are the Tirthankaras of the present avasarpiņi period -ten worlds and 720 Tīrthankaras invented--the Mythological tales of Mahävira, Pārsvanatha, Neminātha and Rşabha-minor deities, Bhaumeyikas, Vyantaras, Jyotiskas and Vaimänikas, and their various subdivisions--heavens and hells according to Jain mythology-great importance to sphere of thought corresponding to belief in fairies, ghosts etc. Similarity of Jain and Brahmanic mythology,
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