Jaina Sutras (Sacred Books of the East)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: September 21, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780700715381
Subjects: Jainism; Sacred texts; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies
First sentence: O long-lived (Gambusvamin4)! I (Sudharman) have heard the following discourse from the venerable (Mahavtra): (i) Here many do not remember whether they have descended in an eastern direction (when they were born in this world), or in a southern, or in a western, or in a northern direction, or in the direction from above, or in the direction from below, or in a direction intermediate (between the cardinal points), or in a direction intermediate between these (and the cardinal points).