Jainism in North India

Author(s): Chimanlal J Shah
Publisher: Longmans Green and Compny London

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CONTENTS
Jiva, Ajiva, Punya, Pāpa, Äśrava, Samvara, Bandha, Nirjarā and Moksha The way to Moksha lies through the Ratnatraya, or "the Three Jeweis " Samyag-Darsana (Right Behef), Samyag-Jñāna (Right Knowledge) and
Samyah-Cartra (Right Conduct)
An absolved soul said to enjoy all the attributes of God Tirthankaras and Kevalins or Samanya-Siddhas
Indication of the term Tirthankara
Ideal of Ahimsa
Two disciplines of Sāmāyıka and Pratıkramana Doctrine of Syädväda or Anchantaväda
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Some of the most important schisms of the Jaina church The seven Ninhagas or Ninhavas-Jamali, Tisagutta, Asudha, Asvamitra, Ganga, Chalue, and Gosht mahila
Gośāla Mankhaliputta, the most prominent rival of Mahavira Relative position of Mankhaliputta in the great wave of religious enthusiasm in India
Dr Barua and the Ajivika sect of Gośāla
Gosala's influence on the formulation of the reformed church of Mahavira The date of Gosila's death
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The Ajivika sect from an historical point of view
The second epoch-making division in the Jama church
The Svetambara and Digambara sects of the Jainas
Various traditions about the schism
General unanimity about the period of the schism
Root cause of the schism Is nudity a necessary condition of saintship?
The Jainas and the cult of nudity
The chief points on which the two divisions do not agree
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Mathura sculptures and the great schism
Two distinct divisions not in existence till the beginning of the Christian
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Final separation about the period of the great council at Vallabhi The non-idolatrous sect and other minor divisions in the Jamna church
A mania for divisions a peculiarity of the Jamas
Reasons why Jainism is still a living sect
CHAPTER III JAINISM IN ROYAL FAMILIES
800-200 BC
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The epoch of Parsva
Jaina literature the only data for the period of Pārsva
Royal patronage in the days of Pārsva
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