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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER XIII | |
| Page | |
| JAINA WORSHIP AND RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS | 250 |
| Temple worship (Digambara and Śvetāmbara)—Private worship—Jaina holy days—Pajjusaṇa—Saṁvatsarī—Divālī—Full-moon fasts—Dusting day—the Eleventh—Saint-wheel worship—Days of Abstinence—Consecration of an idol—Śrāvaṇa Belgolā festival—Oḷi—Hindu festivals—Śrāddha—Superstitions: Evil eye—Demons and ghosts—Plague and Small-pox—Childless women. | |
| CHAPTER XIV | |
| JAINA MYTHOLOGY | 268 |
| Gods in Hell and Pātāla—Gods in Heaven—Divisions of time: Avasarpiṇī and Utsarpiṇī—The twenty-four Tīrthaṅkara to come. | |
| CHAPTER XV | |
| JAINA ARCHITECTURE AND LITERATURE | 279 |
| Wooden buildings—Stūpa—Cave-temples—The golden age of architecture—The shadow of Islām—Modern architecture—Architecture of the South—Jaina writers—Hemaċandra—Modern literature. | |
| CHAPTER XVI | |
| THE EMPTY HEART OF JAINISM | 289 |
| Attraction of Christ for the Jaina—Dissatisfaction with inadequate ideals—The problem of pain—Mahāvīra and Christ—The lack of Jainism—No Supreme God—No forgiveness—No prayer—No brotherhood of man—Difference in ideas of Heaven—Karma and Transmigration—Ahiṁsā and service—Ethics—Personality and Life—The empty Throne. | |
| APPENDIX | |
| I. Analysis of the Nine Categories | 299 |
| II. The Twenty-four Tīrthaṅkara of the Present Age | 312 |
| INDEX | 314 |
