Bhandarkar Report 1904
BHANDAKAR REPORT on the search of Prākṛit and Saṃskṛit manuscripts 1904 [28 of 69]
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28. Even a Jaina would hardly fare better in such cases than a follower of any other religion. A Jaina friend at Gwalior, to whom I had been introduced by Captain Luard, told me that one of the minor sects even of the Jainas would not show its books to the followers of another minor sect, though the difference in doctrine between the two be but small. I was moreover surprised to see a not heterodox layman of the above Jati speaking of him in not very complimentary terms because of his not allowing access to the manuscripts in his charge to his own followers even. That the prejudice can frequently be overcome is shown by the facts of my having actually been able to see some Jaina collections and of the keepers of several others in Jhalrapattan and Jesalmir having consented to let me examine them.
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