344 Lieut.-Colonel Mrzes on the Jainas of Gujerat and Mérwir. 
PART II. 
Tue Jaina religion appears to flourish in Gujerat, Mar’war’, &c. The 
great majority of the vanya class, the most wealthy of the community, are 
Sravacas. With regard to its earlier history, but little can be said; the 
Patdvalis of the Jainas, or the lists of the succession of their Acharyas, 
affording no information except as to the origin of their sects, and the 
history of the great or learned men who have appeared among them. 
There is no doubt, however, but that they were persecuted by the Brah- 
mans. A tradition at Pattan says, that Sancara A'cuArya effected the 
destruction of a number of Jaina priests in that city, and the spot in which 
they are supposed to have met their fate is to this day ealled the Lé- 
chéchar.* 
They were also persecuted by the Musalmins, but only in common with 
other Hindus, as it does not appear the former were aware of any dis- 
tinction, or made any difference between them. 
The countries in which the Jainas are chiefly found are Gujerat, Cutch, 
Marwir,, Méwar, Malw4, Dhindhar or Jeypar, Havanti, &c. 
The Jainas of Gujerat, Mar'war’, and Western Hindistan, are scattered 
over the country, and forma considerable proportion of the inhabitants of 
* Ihave frequently heard the following legend of this event in Gujerat. While CumAra PAxa, 
who was a Jaina, was Raja of Pattan, Sancara A’cHArya arrived at that city, and a dispute 
arose between the Jainas and his followers, respecting the first and last day of the month—the 
Jainas maintaining it was the first, and the Brahmans that it was the last day. The former being 
in the wrong, by the assistance of some mantra, or incantation, addressed to the Déva CArKa, 
produced a false moon that night. SANcarA A’cHARyA, however (say the Brahmans), detected 
the imposition, and to punish their disingenuousness, a few days afterwards, on visiting CumAra 
PAxa, he told him he came to warn him that the sea would that day break through its bounds 
and destroy the city, but that when it should rise as high as the battlements of his palace, a boat 
would arrive, and that those who got into it would be saved, but the rest of the population would 
be drowned, The Raja, alarmed at this prediction, assembled all his jatis and priests, and they 
seated themselves with him on the roof of his palace, in expectation of the sea and the boat. At 
the appointed time a storm arose, and the sea appeared gradually to approach, and at length 
arrived, rolling its waves furiously over the city. The boat, as foretold, now came in sight, and on 
its arrival at the palace the Jaina priests, eager to save themselves, immediately jumped into it, 
as they thought ; but the whole being a mere delusion, they were all dashed to pieces at the foot 
of the palace-wall. 
