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Phaltane from Maharashtra, Tamanna Kuberappa Tukol from Karnāṭaka and Y.J.Padmarajiah from South India are in accordance with the general practices of the respective regions. In South India the common practice of writing a name of a person is in the order of first the name of the native place, then the name of his father and then his name. Accordingly, Y.J. Padmarajiah stands for Yelekyathanahalli Jinadattappa Padmarajiah. The Northern Indians observe the practice of not mentioning the father's name while writing their names. That is why the name Kamata Prasada Jain does not include father's name. Again, there are very few names which are peculiar to Jainas only and such names are the names of Jaina Gods, Saints and Goddesses like Adinatha,Ajitanātha, Padmanatha, Santinātha, Neminātha, Pārasanātha, Vardhamana, Mahāvīra, Bharata, Bahubali, Gautama and Padmavati. Along with these a large number of Hindu names like Sankara, Ganapata, Parasurama, Atmārāma, Sadāsiva, etc., are also commonly used by the Jainas. From the above facts it can be stated that in awarding and writing the names the Jainas follow the customs prevalent in the respective regions. Only in few cases the Jainas adopt peculiarly Jaina names as their names and 'Jain' as their surname. The absence of any difference in the nomenclature of Jainas and others, particularly Hindus, is obviously due to the reason that the Jainas are the permanent residents of their ragions from the very beginning. That is why Jainas from Gujaratha and Māravāḍa who have for some time settled in other regions for commercial purposes can be easily distinguished from the native Jainas from their names. Of course nowadays the difference in names (and not the surnames) between the native and the non-native Jainas of region is dwindling because there is a noticeable tendency among all Jainas to adopt modern, popular and national names such as Vasant, Vilas, Ramesh, Subhash, Bharat, Mandakini, Sarojini, Rajani, Prema, etc. If this tendency is accelerated it is likely that both the native and foreign Jainas of a region would come closer to each other and there will be only a slight difference between all Jainas and other residents of that region so far as the system of awarding names is concerned.
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3. OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
The question No. 3 dealt with the occupations and professions of the Jainas answering the questionnaire. Though the question
