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The Jaina Antiquary
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origin. Secondly, they say that in the wake of idol-worship come different practices of the lay men like ornamentation, decoration, fine dressing etc. for the idol, which is against the spirit of worship. The chief aim of worship should be meditation and concentration rather than this outward finery.
Their daily routine is as follows :
They get up at 4/30 a.m. Then at 5/30 a.m. they do gry. At 6/30 a.m. sfare is done. Then follows the feet. Between 9 a.m. and 10 a m. they make få 9927 At 11 am they take food after begging alms. At 12 they practice meditation. Between I p.m. and 3 p.m. they make general reading. Then upto 4 pm they make FTTETT. At 6-30 p.m. they make sfatema and HU. From 7-30 p m. they make 777r. At 10 they sleep.
These monks have no hair on their head. They do ang twice a year. Even the nuns have no hair on their head. They remain in one place in वर्षावास. Their festivals are the पर्युषणपर्व and संवत्सरी which is the last and the eighth day of ganga. It falls in the month of Marw-277797.
There are separate residences for monks and nuns. They cannot come together. They cannot live even in adjoining rooms. There is a separate nunnery for Sthanakawasi nuns in Poona.
Asked about the present state of this sect the nun told me that from the point of view of simply numbers they were decreasing but from the point of view of tifest they were second to none They give more importance to pure moral life They are in majority in Kathiawar, Rajputana and Cutch.
DIGAMBARA JAIN TEMPLES. There are four temples belonging to the Dig's in Poona. Two of them are in Raviwar Peth, one in Vetal Peth and one in Meethaganj 5 Dan Hift. (110 A Vetal)
This is situated in the same building in which there is the Svetambara temple of wit ein 9780am. The first thing which strikes to the mind of the visitor is its lack of beauty and freshness. This building is so simple that the Godiji Parswanath temple, if compared with this, appears to be a veritable EL Dorado,
| SR No. | 010080 |
| Book Title | Babu Devkumar Smruti Ank |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | A N Upadhye, Others |
| Publisher | Jain Siddhant Bhavan Aara |
| Publication Year | 1951 |
| Total Pages | 538 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Smruti_Granth |
| File Size | 47 MB |