Jaina Community a Social Survey

SR No.: 007019
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vilas Sangve
Publisher: Popular Book Depot Bombay
Publication Year: 1980
Total Pages: 484
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Jaina Community-A Social Survey
B. C. : “Distinguished men and women in Jainism”, 'Indian Culture', Vol. II, pp. 669-684.
The Digambaras, however, do not share this belief. They maintain that a woman can reach moksha but not in this life. For that she will have to take rebirth as a man. Accordingly the Digambaras maintain that Mallinatha, the 19th Tirthankara, was a man and not a woman. For the reason why Digambaras definitely closed the doors of salvation against women please refer to Sharma : Jainism and Karnataka Culture,
p. 138. 188. Altekar, A. S. : 0p. cit., pp. 9-10. 189. See page 21 ante.. 190. Jain, C. R. : Jain Law, pp. 95 and 130. 191. Dasgupta : Jain System of Education, p. 58. 192. इदं वपुर्वयश्चेदमिदं शीलमनीदृशम् । विद्यया चेद्विभूष्येत सफलं जन्म वामिदम् ॥ विद्यावान्पुरुषो लोके सम्मतिं याति कोविदैः। नारी च तद्वती धत्ते स्त्रीसृष्टेरग्रिम
पदम् ॥ Adi Purana, XVI, 97-98. 193. (i) अथैनयोः पदज्ञानदीपिकाभिः प्रकाशिताः । कलाविद्याश्च निःशेषाः स्वयं
परिणतिं ययुः॥ इतोऽवधीतनिःशेषविद्ये ते गुर्वनुग्रहात् । वाग्देवतावतागय कन्ये पात्रत्वमीयतुः॥
Adi Purana, XVI, 116-117. (ii) T.S. P.C., Vol. I, p. 153. 194. Kapadia, H. R. : " Jain System of Education", 'Journal of University
of Bombay', Vol. 8, part 4, pp. 201-202. 195. Ibid. 196. Altekar, A. S. : op. cit., p. 15. 197. Ibid., p. 18. 198. See Chapter I. 199. (i) Saletore, B. A. : Medieval Jainism, p. 266; (ii) Sharma, S. R. : 0p.
cit., p. 101; (ii) Rice, E. P. : History of Kanarese Literature, p. 36. 200. Stevenson, S. : Heart of Jainism, p. 287. 201. Altekar, A. S. : 0p. cit., p. 56. 202. Ibid., pp. 62-75. 203. See pages 147-148 ante. 204. Vide (i) गृहं हि गृहिणीमाहुर्न कुड्यकटसंहतिम्। s. D., 2, 59.
(ii) गृहिणी गृहमुच्यते न पुनः कुड्यकटसंघातः। N. V., 31, 31. 205. See Jaina Mahiladarsa Pauranika Jaina Mahila Anka, Vol. 28, No. 1,
p. 6.
206. Mukhtar, J.K. : Vivahaka Uddesya, p. 6. This vow is known as Svadara
santosha or Svabhartssantushti. 207. Altekar, A. S. : pp. cit., pp. 140 and 166. 208. (i) Jain, J. C. : 0p. cit., p. 163; (ii) Jain, Premasuman: op. cit., p. 94.