<P> The Linga Purana mentions that in every kali yuga, Lord Shiva has incarnated, and that in one kali yuga he was a Yogeshwara (one of His 28 incarnations) named Rishabha . </P> <P> Jainism is considered by some to be distinct from Vedic religion and from a pre-Aryan tradition viz . Sramana or Aarahata tradition . </P> <P> Jains and Hindus have coexisted in Tamil country for at least as early as the second century BCE . </P> <P> Competition between Jains and Brahmans, between Jains and Shaivas, is a frequent motif of all medieval western Indian narratives, but the two communities for the most part coexisted and coprospered . Shaiva kings patronised Jain mendicants, and Jain officials patronised Brahmana poets . </P>

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