jain images of a later school of Buddhism, dating from the 5th or 6th century after Christ, have helped to rob these homes of Buddhist mendicants of their original simplicity and severity, and have rendered it almost impossible for any save the wise men of the East to read their chequered history aright.
"By-Ways of Bombay"
S. M. Edwardes, C.V.O.
Below commences the wide plain which creeps northwards to the rugged hills comprising the weird couch-shaped summit of Ramsej and the solitary cone of the Chambhar Hill, embosoming the great jain caves of the 12th century.
"By-Ways of Bombay"
S. M. Edwardes, C.V.O.
The Brahmin will not touch beef; the Mahomedan turns up his nose at pork; the jain is a vegetarian; the Ghurkha loves the flesh of the goat.
"Leaves from a Field Note-Book"
J. H. Morgan