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Indian Ethnicity and Religious Heritage
Brahmacharya was implicit in the vow of Aparigraha (limitations of possession) because "possessing" more than one wife would be a breach of this vow of Aparigraha. This reduced a wife to an "object of possession." But by prescribing a separate vow of Brahmacharya for males as well as females, Mahavir subverted male domination of sex and empowered the females to observe the vow of Brahmacharya independently of her male husband. Anekantvad - The Climax of Democratic Ideas
The Jain premise of Anekantvad, a doctrine of many fold aspects, multiple view points and no absolute comprehension is the fusion of physics and philosophy introducing the element of nonviolence even at the primary stage of the thinking process. This is the most sophisticated introduction of democratic values.
Thus Jainism and democracy are inseparable.
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