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Before we proceed to the sects of new Brahmanism, we have still to speak of a religion closely allied to Buddhism, and one of the least known among those which have performed an important part in the past of India — the religion of the Jainas. ISTot that we are absolutely without documents bearing on the history and the doctrines of Jainism. We possess, among others, a manual of the twelfth century, the Yogasiitra, which gives a summary of its morals ; the Kalpaslltra, a translation of a biography of its founder, which professes to date as far back as the sixth century;