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Table of Contents
Mahavira and His Times
1. Background of Mahāvira's Tirthakarahood 8 2. Life of Mahāvira : Birth and Boyhood 10 3. Mahāvīra's Penances 10 4. Mahāvīra's Omniscience 11 5. Mahāvīra : His Religious Sermons. 12 6. Literature based on Mahāvīra's Teachings 13 7. Date of Mahāvīra's Nirvāna 17 8. Mahāvira's Place of Birth 20 9. Place of Penance of Mahāvīra 28 10. Place of Mahāvīra's Omniscience 29 11. Place of Mahāvira's First Sermon 30 12. Place of Mahāvīra's Nirvāna 31 13. Historical Contemporaries of Mahāvīra 33 14. Literature on Mahāvīra's Biography 43
Mahāvīra : His Philosophy of Life 15. The Priest and the Recluse 49 16. Thought-ferment in Eastern India 49 17. Mahāvīra : His Age 51 18. Mahāvīra's Heritage : Jaina Literature 58 19. Mahāvīra : His Philosophy of Life 59 20. To Conclude 65
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