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A Further Note on the Svetambara and Digambara Sects of the Jains

By Kamta Prasad Jain

Vol. 6 · No. 2June - 1930pp. 378–383English

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  • “Therefore it is necessary to examine his conclusions in the light of historical facts.”
  • “Such an idea is itself against the tradition of the Svetimbara Jains tnemselves, for, it is said in their authentic and canonical books that Lord Bsabhadeva, the first Tirthadkara, also passed his life, થડ a naked”
  • “The fact that only naked images were installed at that time, and the fact that these naked images were under the sole management of the Digambara sect, prove the greater antiquity of the Digambaras than the”

Works cited in this article

  1. Indian Antiquary, vol, IX, p. 162
  2. Indian Historical Quarterly, 40, 11, pp. 698-710
  3. Smith, Jaina and other Antiquities of Mathura
  4. Historical Gleanings, 22. 11-12
  5. Cambridge History of India, p, 292

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