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from the viewpoint of Religion as given in the Jaina Siddhanta, the learned writer has clearly shown how it should be seen from a wordly viewpoint under the present conditions and environments and in what way it should be dealt with by law-givers.
2. Although monkhood apparently is the subject of the treatise, still, by his penetrating intellect and by his thorough grasp of the subject the Achārya has discussed fully all the relevant topics such as the aim and end of religious life, the nature of the Final Truth, the evidence for its ascertainment, the authorities for guidance in religious matters, the stages of Spiritual Development and several others. The reading of the present treatise will no doubt give the reader an insight into the nature of the goal placed by Jainism before it and the means to achieve it.
3. The learned treatise presents a scholarly dissertation on monkhood and its kindred topics such as the necessity of dress, the minimum age limit for Initiation, tbe necessary mental condition and understanding, the environment and the relatives, and the reader is made thoroughly acquainted with the views of the learned old commentators like Haribhadrachārya and others. The volum is, in short, a brief critical survey of the
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