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Contribution of Śramana Tradition to Indian Culture : 171
"Years can be expressed in words up to a number containing, 77 ciphers, beyond it is innumerable. An innumerable quantity of years makes a palyopama, 10 Kotākoți (crore multiplied by crore) palyopamas form a sāgaropama.
Time consists of two kinds of cyclés: the ascending cycle (utasarpiņi) and the descending cycle (avasarpiņi)
Bharatanatyama
Rṣabhadeva has also introduced Seventy two types of art for men and Sixty four types of art for women. Among these Bharatnatyama is well known in the name of his son, Bharata. 8. Support to Environmental Purification
Jainism has provided a permanent support to environmental purification for Indian life. According the Jaina metaphysics water, air, earth, vegetable are one sensed beings and its theory of nonviolence asserts that even one sensed beings should never be disturbed and destroyed. As a result of these theories of Jainism environmental purification may be maintained permanently.
In this way it may be concluded that Śramaṇa tradition has contributed a lot to Indian culture.
Reference:
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Acarängasūtra - Atmaramaji (Prathama śrutaśkandha), Caturtha Adhyāyana, Uddeśaka 1, page 370.
2. Khuddaka Nikaya, Vol. I, 290, V-VI.
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Uttaradhyayana Sūtra, 25-33.s
Jain Culture, Mohan Lal Mehta, p. 51.
