Tulsi Prajna 2003 01

SR No.: 524614
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2003
Total Pages: 122
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 6 MB

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restricted to the faculty of commerce. Though we donot find any hint of system of commercial education, yet it is clear that the Jains remarkably succeed in the profession of business. From this, we can conclude that they must have a sound system of education in the art of business and management.
Government Departments
That there were intellectual activities are clear from the fact that Parisad's were held. The training of three R's was common to all systems of Ancient Indian Education. The Jain monastries kept the torch of learning burning during the middle ages. There was a department of a charity which used to support education financially. There were, infact, eight departments, viz (1) department of treasury, (2) department of charity, (3) department of medicine, (4) department of army, (5) department of religion, (6) department of education, (7) department of records and (8) department of foreign relations. All these department were to be manned by qualified persons. Naturally the burden of preparing such qualified persons fell upon the educationist. This shows the comprehensiveness of the educational system.
Monasteries
We have a list of monasteries where education was impartedBanaras, Śrāvasti, Ālabhiyā (Alora), Manivaiya, Kampilya, on the bank of Siprā, Kṣitipratishtṭkapura, on the bank of the Godavari, Kollāga, a suburb of Vaisali, Paniyabhūmi, Kummagāma, salakotthaya cheiya in the suburb of Middhiyagāma, and in west India. Nandanavana in the suburb of Bāravai (Dwārikā), Polāsapura, Pātlālapura, Moḍerapura, Śākuṇikāvihāra, in the city of Bhṛgupura (modern Broach) in the neighbourhood of Narmadā, Vardhamāna, and in the southern India in the 11th century Konkonapuli, Kopaña, Śravana Belgola, Pombucca, Balligama, Anekantmata, Kuppaavt in the sohrabtālukat, Banarasenād, Heggare, Sringeri, Kolhapur, Bandaika, Dorasamudra Arasiyakere. These monasteries were established at a location on the basis of availability of water, vegetation, flora and fauna etc.
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