Jains Through Time

SR No.: 006591
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shilapi Sadhvi
Publisher: Veerayatan
Total Pages: 282
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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The Jains through Time
Rajasthan's Proud Past
Gujarat does Jainism still play a prominent If in Sanskrit the earth is called the role, and the sheen from its silken cloth Ratnagarbha (womb of precious stones), then pervade the surroundings with a golden in Rajasthan you can see the glints of this glow. Many Jains emulated Bhamashah and treasure-trove in its Jain heroes - each as gave their all in the struggle for magnificent as the Kaustubh jewel. A large independence from British rule. Who does number of temples, shrines and other not know about the patriotic devotion of monuments of a very high standard were Agra's Seth Achalsingh, the pride of the built due to the influence of the Jains on the Jains? Who has not heard about that leading royal dynasties. Literary culture too made light of the Jain community, Ahmednagar's noteworthy strides as a result of their efforts. Shri Kundanmal Firodia, who devoted his Kailash Chandra Jain says that Jain writers in entire life to the national cause? When these Rajasthan made a very important noble qualities of helping others and caring contribution to the magnification of Hindi for them are passed on to the younger literature”. They also wrote in the languages generation today, in the simplest and most of Dingal and Braj. He adds that wherever appealing way, then Rajasthan's proud the Jain community settled in Rajasthan, example and glorious tradition will be kept hospitals, animal sanctuaries and other relief up. institutions could also be found. 34 Compassion and empathy for the welfare of Impact of Jain Culture on Gujarat all sentient beings is still the credo of many Like Rajasthan, the diadem of Jainism has Rajasthani families.
long adorned Gujarat too. There has been a
continuous influence of Jain teachings and South India, Bihar, Bengal and Orissa are precepts in the region. Arishtanemi, the areas where Jainism's star, once in the twenty second Tirthankar, once hallowed ascendant, if not totally extinguished yet, is the earth of Saurashtra with his presence. If much dimmed. Only in Rajasthan and I set aside even for a moment the
Jainism in Puljasthan, Kailash Chandra Jain, p.233 Ibid. p. 236