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Jaina literature and the growth of Vernacular Language: Jainism had played a pivotal role in the development of the language of the country. Sanskrit and Pali have been the medium of writings and preaching's of Brahmanas and Buddhists. But the Jains gave a definite literary shape to some vernaculars for the first time. image source: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Sankhitta_Sangheyani_Cosmography.jpg Mahavira preached [...]