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RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS
VINAY AVADA
They are also called as Vainayikas or Avuddhas 133 They do not accept external rules of ceremony,but uphold the supremacy of reverence as the cardinal virtue leading to perfection 131 The upholders of this faith paid equal reverence to god, king, monk, elephant, horse, cow, buffalo, goat, jackal, crow, crane, crocodile and others 135 By paying reverence to god or master, ascetic, man, and aged persons, inferiors, mother or father by body, mind, speech and gifts, the school is divided into thirty two (8 x 4) divisions 136
We have already referred to Vesayana, a l'inayarādi who was practising pānāmā pavajjā with his arms uplifted when Mahavira and Gosāla aurived in Kummagāma 127 Mauryaputra Tamal of Tamalitti was another Vinayavadi, who had a wooden begging pot in which he received nice from every class of people He washed his rice twenty one times and by paying reverence to crows, dogs, cāndālas etc, practised the pānāmā parajjā Then pūrana is said to have practised the dānāmā paraja He divided his alms into four parts one was given to travellers, another to crows and dogs, a thud to fish and tortoises and the remaining part he kept for himself 130
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Then we had vauous other religious sects," which have been atranged here alphabetically Attukkosiya-They belonged to the class of ascetics who were proud of themselves.111
Bhuikammiya-They administered ashes to the people suffering from
fever etc 142
Bhujo bhuyo houyakaraka-They administered auspicious baths for procuring good luck 143 They are also known as .Ibhiogias Candidovaga-They had hangers (sikkaka) as their ritualistic pai apher
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nalia.145
193 Ova op cut, Vāyā op cut
194 Suya 1 22 f
138
See infia
190 Suya Ti 1 12, p 209a 137 Ava Nu 494
1iruddhakas are mentioned in the Inguttara III, p 276
138 Bhag 31, cf the practice of Kalano a gvmuosophist of Taxila who left India with
Alexander and buried himself alive on a funeral pile at Sousa He was so called because in saluting those he met he used the word hail (McCrindle The measion of 1lexander the Great p 386)
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130 Bhag 3 2
For other schools in the Suyagadanga see Bechnidas's article in the Puralaltia (3 2 p 112 )
For other sages such as Vakkalaciri, Astadevala, Divavana, Parasara Narada, Bahuka, Mätanga and others, see Isibhāsta and buyagadanga (3 4 2 ) All these sages were highly honoured by the Jains and according to them they attained salvation
141
Ova Su 41, p 196
112
Ibid
143 Ibid
14 Bhag 1 2
115
Suva 7 90, p 154, Brh Bha 1 2850 Cahracaras are mentioned in the Bharats Nälynsästra 17 36, also cl Bandhasana (III 1, 5)
| SR No. | 011077 |
| Book Title | Life in Ancient India as Depicted in Jain Canons |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Jagdishchandra Jain |
| Publisher | New Book Company |
| Publication Year | 1947 |
| Total Pages | 429 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 16 MB |