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Studies In Jalnology, Prakrit
REFERENCES AND NOTES
Paper sent for the special member of Gommatavāni, 1988. Both are complementary and they together accomplish for the members of the community (Sangha) personal integrity, social welfare, spiritual progress etc., (i) The rules of conduct laid down for ascetics are known as mahā-vratas - great vows. (ii) There are also prescribed a few supplementary vows, known as guna-vratas and siksā-vratas, which simultaneously help to protect and regulate the anuvratas. (iii) For further details in this regard, see some sources like Intro. to Vasunandi's Sravakācāra by Pt.H.L.Jain (Varanasi, 1952) and Jaina Yoga, by R. Williams (Oxford, 1963). Vide Tattvartha Sutra, VII-2. To be accurate, it is Ardhamagadhi Prakrit. (i) Acārya Amrtacandra, author of the Puruśārtha-siddhyupāya (C.1000 A.D.) explains that all other vows are but restatements, in different terms, of the first one viz., ahimsa. (ii) Dr.K.C.Sogani has recently “endevoured, in the first place, to show that the entire Jaina Ethics tends towards the translation of the principle of ahimsā into practice". Preface, Ethical Doctrines in Jainism, Solapur 1967, p.XT. (iii) Ahimsā - non-violence or compassion, thus, holds a pivotal position in the whole scheme of jaina Ethics and Philosophy and, hence, Jina-dharma has been called Ahimsa-dharma' at several contexts.
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