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SCHOOL
1. Adoption and Son-ship
2. Property
3. Inheritance
4. Strīdhana
5. Maintenance
6. Guardianship
OF
SELF STUDY IS THE
SUPREME AUSTERITY
स्वाध्याय
परमे
state should not be contrary to the principles of spiritual wisdom which decree non-violence, equality and non-possessiveness. If the political life of man ceases to function as a support for his spiritual life, it can only promote evil.
1. The Bhadrabāhu-samhitā
2. The Arhan Niti
3. The Vardhamāna Nīti
4. The Indranandi Jina-samhitā
5. The Adipuräna
Jain Concepts of Law & Justice
On the background of this notion of freedom and the rule of the state, the concepts of law and justice in the Jaina tradition will be understood better. Moreover, these terms, which are the key-concepts in legal matters, can be analyzed properly on the background of the modern secular political concept of freedom even though they have wider application in moral and religious realm of human life.
STUDY NOTES version 5.0
तप
In the British rule India, it was decided by the British administration that all sects and creeds in India would be governed by their own laws. At that time, attempts were made to compile the Jaina law on the basis of the texts available dating 9th century A.D to 16th century A.D. These attempts have resulted into the production of the book "Selections from the Jaina Law'. This book contains the exposition of the laws prescribed by the Jaina texts on the following topics:
The Jaina Law was originally a part of "Upasakādhyayana Arga" which is now lost. The exiting other sources of the Jaina Law are the following texts: -
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