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About The Book -: To the general public Jainism is little more than a mere name, and even students of the Religions of India have often failed to give it the attention it well may claim. True, out of India's 315 millions less than one million and a quarter (1,248,162) to-day profess the Jaina faith, and the last twenty years have witnessed a steady decrease in the number of its adherents; but, its numerical weakness notwithstanding, Jainism can make its own distinct appeal for a more informed acquaintance with its special tenets. In that sixth century before Christ which in so many countries witnessed an earnest aspiration after higher truths and nobler lives, the country of Bihar was strangely agitated by the teachings of not a few bold reformers, men then styled heretics. Mahavira, Buddha, Gosala, Jamali, all founded sects of their own, and others there were who vied with these either in propounding rival heresies or in establishing separate monastic organizations. Yet of all these ancient Orders one only has survived in India down to the present day, and that one is the Jainism founded whether by Mahavira himself or by his reputed master Parsvanatha. About The Author : Sinclair Stevenson ( 1875-1957). She sometime scholar of Somerville Colllege, Oxford. These notes on Jainism have been compiled mainly from information supplied to me by Gujarati speaking Jaina, so it has seemed advisable to use the Gujarati forms of their technical terms. She wrote - Notes on Modern Jainism, with Special Reference to the Svetambara, Digambara and Sthanakavasi Sects, The Religious Quest of India The Heart of Jainism and The Religious Quest of India The Rites of the Twice-born etc. The Title 'The Religious Quest of India : The Heart of Jainism written/authored/edited by Edited By J. N. Farquharand H. D. Griswold By Sinclair Stevenson', published in the year 2023. The ISBN 9788121267946 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 360 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Religious History. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Series : 4