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The Lives of the Jain Elders

by Hemacandra · R. C. C. Fynes (trans.)

An English translation of the Sthaviravalicarita, the twelfth-century Sanskrit narrative by the Jain monk Hemachandra about the successors of Mahavira. It includes stories of Jambu, Bhadrabahu and Chandragupta Maurya and offers a window on Jain storytelling.

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