A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c7.68

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and the learned opinions of Indologists can very well serve the necessary purpose.¹ Moreover, I do not intend to enter into a controversy in this connection; but at the same time I am prepared to hear convincing arguments that may be advanced to support the allegations, and if satisfied, I shall identify myself with persons making these allegations. But, at least for the present I hold a contrary view, though I admit that some passages here and there appear to wear a colour of a patch-work. Under these circumstances, I shall therefore sum up this discussion by quoting the following lines from the late Prof. Jacobi’s introduction to *The Sacred Books of the East* (vol. xxii, p. xxxix):—