Jainism in North India

SR No.: 011067
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Chimanlal J Shah
Publisher: Longmans Green and Compny London
Publication Year: 1932
Total Pages: 66
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 3 MB

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JAINISM IN NORTH INDIA at the Jaina faith 1 Moreover, from the Uttaradhyayana and. other canonical literature we know that the king too was no less a believer in the religion of the Jina, though originally he was "devoted to Brahmanic ascetics." He even went to the extent of Tenouncing the world,4 and when the question of the succession of his son Abhu came before him he says to himself. "If I renounce the world after appointing Prince Abhu to royal power, then Abhi will become infatuated with royal power and royal dominion down to the country and with the enjoyment of human pleasures and 'will stray to and fro in the beginningless, endless tanglewood of the Samsara. Therefore it is evidently better that I renounce the world after appointing my sister's son, Prince Kesi, to royal power."5 Thus the entire change in the heart of Udayana is evident from this incident. This has made his renunciation proverbial with the Jainas. We find in the Antagada-Dasao a passage referring to Udayana-Viz "Then King Alakkhe ... Withdrew from the world in the same way as King Udayane, save that he anointed his eldest son to rule over his kingdom." & It may be said here that in a note to this Dr Barnett has wrongly taken this passage to refer to Udayana," king of Kosambi and son of Sayanie (Satanika) by Magavas, daughter of Cedaga, king of Vazsali "7 Furthermore, the treatment offered by Udayana to the Avanti Pradyota, whom he had taken as a captive during the war, is illustrative of the fact that he strictly adhered to the "precept that during the Paryushanaparvan even the most deadly enmity should be given up"It so happened that on the occasion of the Paryushanaparvan, although Udayana himself observed a fast be, notwithstanding, gave 1 WT4747 W: PATATA, Arena T Tal.-AvasyalaSutra, 298 C Meyer (J J), op and loc ait, Hernacandra, op ci, v 404, P 160 **Udayana, the bull of kings of Sauvita, renounced the world and turned monk, he entered the order and reached perfection"-Jacob, S.B.E, xlv, P 87 In a note to this Jacobi writes "He was contemporary with Malavira "-Ibid * Meyer (JJ), op cit, p103 # 14 --Atasyaha-Sutra, P 208, Hemacandra, opet, Y. 888, P 149 PREU 14 747 UEE Hawtara Nar:-Bhagavatt, stil, 492, p 020, Meyer (J J), op at,p 114 Ind, pp. 113-114 HAR TATTE fale WTS afar TET -Bhagmati, sut 491, p 019 * Bamett, op at, p 96 + Mod ,p 96, 2 * Bhandarkar, Report for 1883-1884, P 142. Panusana or Paryusliana, the sacred festival at the close of the Jaina year Cf Stevenson (Mrs), op cit,p 70, YATHRU . atud haug .. Kalpa-Satra, Subodhla-Tika, sut 50, PP 191-102 92