Author: J. Stevenson

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Published: 2015-06-28

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9781330470183

Excerpt from The Kalpa Sutra, and Nava Tatva: Two Works Illustrative of the Jain Religion and Philosophy The Jains are now well known to the learned in Europe as the only representatives in Hindustan of the adherents to the tenets of Buddhism, a religious community once so numerous in India Proper, and still embracing so many of the inhabitants of the neighbouring countries of Ceylon, Tibet, Burma, China, and its adjacent territories. Without the least disparagement to the learned dissertations that have been published on the Jains, I trust that the following translations, the one, that of their most sacred religious work, and the other, that of their most popular philosophical essay, will not be unacceptable to those who take an interest in the history of the religious opinions and philosophy of India. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.