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There is a celebrated Jaina temple in Calcutta called Parsva Natha temple.
The word Jaina is derived from Jina. The term Jina means one who conquered his passions; a subduer, victor or conqueror.
Vishnu Sarma, the author of Panchatantra, in the 4th B. C., speaks highly of Jina and his followers. Many of the Jainas entered into the Vaishnava and Saiva sects of the Hindus and lost their independence. I am at present very busy. I shall be able to give you more information in December next.
Yours truly,
SATIS CHANDRA, ACHARYYA.
LHASA VILLA. DARJEFLING, 19th November 1901.
DEAR SIR,
I must apologise for allowing your first letter to remain unreplied so long. I have read in a Tibetan work the mention of Jain School of Philosophy. A few years ago late Professor Bühler, Ph. D., C. I. E.. of Vienna wrote to me to say that the Jains had a profound Scholar in Acharya Kamalasila in the 8th century A. D., and if it was not this eminent Philosopher who was invited to Tibet by King Thisrongde-hu-tsan to hold a controversy with a Chinese Buddhist Philosopher named Hoshang Mahayana? This Tibetan King ruled in Tibet about the middle of the
