Doctrine of Jainas

SR No.: 011097
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Walther Shubring, Wolfgang Beurlen
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas
Publication Year: 1978
Total Pages: 309
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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DOCTRINE OF THE JAINAS
of the 14 Manu", though thc 7 first names are for thic most part rather poorly invented, and most ccitainly the second row of 7 is the original onc. Now thc kulagaras introduced punishments (danda-nii) which, however, consisted in not more than in admonition, warning and reprimand (haklāra, ma-kkāra, dhikkāra) Every new kind2 came to bc of common usage with the 6th and 11th kulagara (Āv 165 f. : 135)
The following period "bad-good” (dūsama-susamā) contains all Baladeva and Väsudeva (Jambudd 164b) or dasāra (Than. 76a , 123a [ , Samav 72b) The former, dressed in dark, is characterised by the palmtice, the latter, dressed in yellow, by the Garuda in the banner, other attributes of the baladeva arc the ploughshare, the club and the arrow, whercas of thc vāsudeva they are the shell, the discus, the club, the spear, and the sword, so that the description (Samav 152b f. } closely follows the epic pattern. They both are masters of half the Bliaralia We come to know (also Thān. 447a) their names in their pre-existence, their fathers and mothers, their tcachers, the towns where they first came to wish for a certain form of cxistence (nizānabhūmi), the cause for this wish (on-kārana), and their g opponents, padisattu, later called prativāsudeva Since these informations are for the most part given in the way of popular verses we may well suggest the general knowledge of certain legends marked with regard to content in the Canon, however, the individual baladeva and vāsudeva scarcely appear at all (Samav. 63a). It is only Kanha Vasudeva who in Antag 5' plays an actual part, and in the Jain version of the epic Draupadi legend in the Nāya
1 This is the number in the Dig, comp » GLASENAPP, Tcstgabe für Jacobi p 337
2 Thân 398a renders the danda-nir as seven-fold the above mentioned plus paribhasa, mandala-bandha, caraga, chavi-ccheya Acc to Av 166f the last 4 constitute the danda-nit coming in with Bharaha - To the common niti it has to be added that its means are sama, bheya and danda (Thân 151a) Thcsc threc attha-jont are lacking dana
3 In Vedhas interspersed with prose 4 Comp KENNEDY JRAS 1908, 505-521