Jains

The Hindus had a warrior caste that could be conscripted into service, while the Jains were the major local merchants and sources of tax.

The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 20 The Ghurid Campaigns on the Indian Subcontinent 2006

You will be pleased to know, too, that the people who built that temple are called Jains, whom I mentioned in Book I, page 163 (footnote), as the people who are kind to all animals, and who never hurt even the smallest insect.

The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two Sarath Kumar Ghosh

The great distinguishing feature of the Jains is the extreme to which they push the characteristic tenderness felt by the Hindus for animals of all descriptions.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Various

Most of them are of the usual pattern of cave-temples, some the work of Buddhists, others of a sect called Jains, who are famous for kindness to animals.

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

Black Town by that singular sect called the Jains, and which is only one of a number of such institutions to be found in the large cities of India.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Various

The more generally accepted view now, however, is that the Jina or prophet of the Jains was a real historical personage, who lived in the sixth century B.C., being a contemporary of Gautama, the Buddha.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894

Of all the sects the Jains are the most colorless, the most insipid.

The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894

The teachings of Buddha survive in a sect known as the Jains, founded by Jina, or Mahavira, a Buddhist priest, about a thousand years ago, as a protest against the cruel encroachments of the

Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880

The Jains were the forerunners in giving written form to spoken language of the commoner.

Shadow Warrior 2009

_ -- Please explain to the class that the sect called Jains do not hurt the smallest creature, and will suffer the sting of a wasp rather than kill it.] [Illustration: Himalayan Black Bear]

The Wonders of the Jungle Book One Sarath Kumar Ghosh