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76 2. Truthfulness.
3. Abstention from appropriating the property of others.
4. Continence, 5. Liberality.
We see, from this, that the from first vows of the Jains and the Buddhists agree with those of the Brahmans; the Jainas even having their vows in the same order as the Brahmans. The fifth vow of each of the three sects is different, perhaps because the fifth Brahmapic vow of Liberality could not be enjoined on the Jain and Buddhist ascetics, as they were strictly forbidden to accept or possess silver or gold, or even to treasure them for the order. We may here observe that the Jains before the time of Mahavira had only four vows, but Mahavira had brought them upto five,
Now we shall try to exarine the two monastic orders, comparing them as far as possible to the Brahmavic monastic order, wbich seems te have served as a model. We.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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