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Statement I:
Mahavira initially joined a group of ascetics called Nirgranthas.
Statement II:
The sect was founded 200 years earlier by Parsva.
Mahavira initially joined a group of ascetics called Nirgranthas.
Statement II:
The sect was founded 200 years earlier by Parsva.
Answer: Option D
Answer: (d)
Mahavira was not the founder and author of the Jain religion but simply a reformer. This sect of the Nigranthas was an important sect at the rise of Buddhism. This may be inferred from the fact that they are frequently mentioned in the pitakas as opponents of Buddha and his disciples.
This conclusion is further supported by another fact. Mankkhali Gosala, a contemporary of Buddha and Mahavira divided mankind into six classes, of these the third class contained the Nigranthas.
Hence, statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I.
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Answer: (d)
Mahavira was not the founder and author of the Jain religion but simply a reformer. This sect of the Nigranthas was an important sect at the rise of Buddhism. This may be inferred from the fact that they are frequently mentioned in the pitakas as opponents of Buddha and his disciples.
This conclusion is further supported by another fact. Mankkhali Gosala, a contemporary of Buddha and Mahavira divided mankind into six classes, of these the third class contained the Nigranthas.
Hence, statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I.
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