Chapter 6 True/False Self-Quiz (Level 1)

. Mahavira was a contemporary or near-contemporary of Gautama the Buddha.

. Mahavira is the latest in the line of previous tirthankaras, and most Jains believe that he will be the last.

. All Jains agree that, originally, there were fifty books of scripture, all of them miraculously produced by Mahavira.

. The monks of the Digambara sect do not even possess clothing.

. Jains depict the loka as a diagram in the shape of a child, the homunculus.

. Jains consider the jiva of an insect to be of identical quality to that of a large animal or human being.

. Scholars situate Parshva's lifetime in the twelfth century B.C.E.

. Fasting is a quite common practice among Jain laity, especially women.

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