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Essay on Jainism in India
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Jainism has great antiquity. According to the Jains their religion originated in the remotest ages. They believed that Mahavira, the last Tirthankara was preceded by twenty-three other prophets.
Mahavira was the twenty-fourth one. The historicity of the first twenty-two Tirthankaras starting from Rishabhnath to Neminath is doubtful. They are all shadowy figures wrapped up in mythology.
The twenty-third Tirthankar Parsvanath seems to be a historical personage. He was the son of king Asvasena of Benares who had abandoned the royal life to be a sage. His teachings gave a formal shape to Jainism.
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Jainism had great impact on the Indian society. It condemned the caste system. So, caste system started to decline. (ii) As Brahmanas examined the popularity of simple ways and rules of this sect. They decided to leave the customs of animal sacrifice, rituals and other evils. (iii) Due to its impact the Vedic veligion came into its simplicity, jainism gave emphasize on non-violence. Its followers tunned to be vegetarian and left eating flesh of animals. (iv) Jains built various great temples and Mathas in respect of their Tirthankars. Dilwara, Jaina Temple of Mt Abu, Elora Caves, Khajuraho are the best examples of the art. Jainism helped making progress of literature of many languages – Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada and Marathi etc.