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________________ Baladevas, and Vasudevas, present, past, and future, are aristocrats, born in noble families. The heresies and sectaries certainly claim as much.] [Footnote 28: (=A]c[=a]r[=a]nga S. ii. 15. We give Jacobi's translation, as in the verses already cited from this work.] [Footnote 29: Acting, commanding, consenting, past, present, or future (Jacobi).] [Footnote 30: SBE. xxii. Introd. p. xxiv.] [Footnote 31: JRAS. xx. 279.] [Footnote 32: See Bühler, the last volume of the Epigraphica Indica, and his other articles in the WZKM. v. 59, 175. Jeypur, according to Williams, is the stronghold of the Digambara Jains. Compare Thomas, JRAS. ix. 155, Early Faith of Açoka.] [Footnote 33: The redaction of the Jain canon took place, according to tradition, in 454 or 467 A.D. (possibly 527). "The origin of the extant Jaina literature cannot be placed earlier than about 300 B.C." (Jacobi, Introduction to Jain St=ustras, pp. xxxvii, xliii). The present Angas ('divisions') were preceded by P[=u]rvas, of which there are said to have been at first fourteen. On the number of the scriptures see Weber, loc. cit] [Footnote 34: Williams, loc. cit. The prayer-formula is: 'Reverence to Arhats, saints, teachers, subteachers, and all good men.'] [Footnote 35: 'A place which is appropriated for the reception of old, wornout, lame, or disabled animals. At that time (1823) they chiefly consisted of buffaloes and cows, but there were also goats and sheep, and even cocks and hens,' and also "hosts of vermin.']
SR No.007634
Book TitleHandbook of History of Religions
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorEdward Washburn
PublisherSanmati Tirth Prakashan Pune
Publication Year
Total Pages678
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size2 MB
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