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Re: Jains - Are they Hindus?
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Subject: Re: Jains - Are they Hindus?
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From: lokes@selway.umt.edu (Lokeswara Rao)
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Date: Sun, 19 Jun 1994 23:20:25 GMT
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Apparently-To: alt-hindu@ames.arc.nasa.gov
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: University of Montana, Missoula
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References: <2to71v$ssi@ucunix.san.uc.edu#
In article <2to71v$ssi@ucunix.san.uc.edu#,
Nirav Shah <nshah@NMC.ED.RAY.COM# wrote:
#In article <2tirbc$qid@ucunix.san.uc.edu# lokes@selway.umt.edu (Lokeswara Rao) writes:
##Mahavira (the founder of jainism) came from India as did ramanuja,
##Lokes.
#A minor correction.
#Mahavir was not the founder of Jainism.
#He was only the 24th Tirthankars of Jainism. This means that there were
#23 before him that follwed and preached Jainism.
#Jains pray to him the most since he is the most recent one.
#- Nirav
Thanks for the correction. Lokes.
