Review of 'Jaina Sects and Schools'

Dr. Muni Uttam Kamal Jain has worked on Jaina sects and schools by giving an outline of the traditional Jaina belief, the life of Pārśvanātha, the religious, social and political conditions of India prevailing from the time of Parsvanatha to that of Mahavira, the schisms in Jaina church, the account of ganadharas of Mahavira, the

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सिकदार मुनि उत्तम कमल जैन कृत 'जैन सेक्ट्स एण्ड स्कूल्स' की समीक्षा करते हैं। निह्नव, गणधर तथा श्वेताम्बर-दिगम्बर भेद का विवरण वे स्वीकार करते हैं, किन्तु प्रथम बाईस तीर्थंकरों को पौराणिक कल्पना मानने का विरोध करते हैं, और संघ के उद्गम की विवेचना न होने को न्यूनता बताते हैं। Sikdar reviews Muni Uttam Kamal Jain's Jaina Sects and Schools. He accepts the account of the schisms, the ganadharas and the Svetambara-Digambara split, but rejects the author's dismissal of the first twenty-two tirthankaras as legend and faults him for never tracing the origin of the sangha.

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