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RESURRECTION AND REINCARNATION<br />
M.M.NINAN<br />
CHAPTER EIGHT<br />
EASTERN RELIGIONS AND TRADITIONS<br />
JAINISM<br />
Jainism traces its origin from ancient times and ascribes twenty-four enlightened<br />
beings who emerge in the course of a cosmic cycle to teach the path to liberation.<br />
Earlier Tirthankaras had enormous life spans and falls outside of the historical<br />
periods. Each Tirthankara has a shorter life span than the previous one. The current<br />
series ends with Mahavira, the twenty-fourth, who is held to have lived for seventytwo<br />
years.<br />
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