Mahavira His Life And Teachings

Author(s): Saraswati Raghavachari
Publisher: Jain Sastu Sahitya

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Q. Who was Mahavir ? A. I shall tell you.
Q. Why does his name act with such talismanic effect upon one and all thar hear it ?
A. You shall read in these pages.
It is the aim of the author of this booklet to deal in very brief outline with the life and teachings of one of the greatest souls that became incarnate in flesh and blood in order to teach by precept as well as by example the path of salvation to mankind.
CHAPTER IV
Parentage
IV
With joy the parent loves to trace Resemblance in his children's face; And as he forms their docile youth To walk the steady paths of truth, Observes them shooting into men And lives in them life o'er again.
-LLOYD. In the history of Northern India, the Kingdom of Magadha is celetrated in Story and Song.
More than two thousand years ago this