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Commentary. The Charvaka denies the validity of the above division into Soul etc., which is based on the Pramanas, calling it imaginary and following the way of ordinary men, supports the unreasonable division into four Elements. Hence his philosophy is attended with the fallacy in regard to the Vyavahara Naya.
WRONG ACCOUNT OF JAINISM. THE following is the correspondence between Mr. Gopichand
1 Jain, B.A., the President of Shri Atmanand Jain Sabha, Ambala city and the Director of Public Instruction, Punjab, regarding "High roads of Indian History" Second Book, in which are found wrong and objectionable accounts of Jainism.
Mr. Gopichand despatched on 10th March 1925 copies of the following letter to the Minister of Education, the Director of Public Instruction, Deputy Directress of Public Instruction, all Deputy Commissioners, Divisional and District Inspectors of Schools, Inspectresses of Schools, Headmasters of Anglo-Vernacular Board Secondary Schools, Managers of aided and unaided schools, in the Punjab and C. P., the Superintendent Borstel Institution, Lahore, and the Secretaries, Text Book Committees, Punjab and C. P.:
Sir, or Madam ;-I have the honour to bring to your kind notice the publication noted below with the criticism of that portion of the book which deals with Jainism running thus :
“Highroads of Indian History-Second book (School Series) by H.L.O. Garret, M.A., I.E.S. and Ch: Abdul Hamid Khan, M.A., Principals of Government Colleges, Lahore and Lyalpore respectively, published by Messrs. Uttar Chand Kapur, and Sons, Lahore."
As it was necessary the authors have devoted some three pages to Jainism also, giving therein the life of Mahavira-its founder, as they say. But this account, we can safely say, is entirely unfounded, misleading, wrong, dealt with in a tone seriously injurious to the religious feelings of the Jain Community and bound to lead the public and the students to form a wrong idea about the religion. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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