JAINISM

THE WORD JAIN CAME FROM A WORD JINA KNOWN AS CONQUERER.

THE VARDHMAN MAHIVIRA WAS THE FAMOUS THINKER OF JAINISM,
HE WAS KSHTRIYAS PRINCE OF LACCHVIS,A GROUP THAT WAS PART OF VAJJI SANGHA....
AT THE AGE OF THIRTY HE LEFT HIS HOME AND LIVED A LONELY LIFE FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS.
HE TAUGHT A SIMPLE DOCTRINE TO MEN AND WOMEN WHO WANT TO BE HAPPY....
HE SAID THAT TO BE HAPPY,LEAVE UR HOUSE AND FOLLOW THE PATH OF AHIMSA.
MAHAVIRA ALSO USED PRAKRIT,
THERE WERE DIFFERENT FORM OF PRAKRIT USED,
FOR EXAMPLE PRAKRIT USED IN MAGADH WAS MAGHADI.
FOLLOWER OF MAHAVIRA WERE KNOWN AS JAINAS AND THEY HAVE TO LIVE A VERY SIMPLE LIFE,THEY HAVE TO BEG FOR GETTING FOOD,NOT TO STEAL AND HAVE TO ADOPT CELEBACY,
THE TEACHING OF MAHAVIRA WAS TRANSMITTED ORALLY AND THE THERE WAS A WRITTEN MATERIAL KEPT IN THE GUJRAT CALLED VALABI