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Rajputana
VOLUME III (1881). Review on an ancient Jaina temple at Lodorva, and on these of Jessalmer. These lasts are finally sculptured; the oldest dates of 1371.
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The Barā Bās; resemblance of the Jains priests of this tribe with the Brahmanas, The Bhojaks, although worshippers of Siva, voluntarily frequent the Jaina temples. The Agarwāls and the Oswäls of Ajmer, of Jessalmer and of the state of Märwär, etc., are principally Jainas.
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The Saraogis, the Srimālis and the Palliwäls, cultivators or merchants in the country of Märwär, are equally Jainas.
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The Madras Presidency count about 21,000 Jains who reside specially in Canara and Arcot.
The Mārwāris belong for the most part to the Jaina religion.
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Some castes of Sadars are Jainas.
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Pp. 116-122. Jains : Incompleteness of information-Original tenets of Jainism anti-Brahmanical-But gradually assimilated to Brahmanism-Function of the Jain castes---Castes partly Jain and partly Hindu-Religious orders of Jains - Jain ceremony of Rathajālrä.
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