Critical Study Of Paumacariyam

Author(s): K R Chandra
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology and Ahimsa

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The eighth chapter comprises of the system of education, literature, sciences arts and the architecture. The first section contains topics on the teacher and student's relationship. The second section deals with the various sciences, such as writing, astronomy, astrology, medical science and cooking. The third section deals with the various kinds of arts such as clothing and ornaments, hair dressing articles of fragrance and the use of flowers. Then follows the exposition of fine-arts, viz., music, dance and drama, drawing and painting, terracota and plastering and sculpture. The fourth section gives account of the housing, architecture, town-planning, various types of buildings, palaces and others. The fifth section mentions the articles of furniture and decoration.
The ninth chapter is a study of the economic, political and religious conditions: The first section deals with economic conditions. It contains topics on agriculture, crops, animal husbandry, various other professions and services. Then it treats of the mineral products, forest yield, trade and commerce. The second section discusses the topics such as state, king, administration, policies of state, law, justice, army and warfare. The third section deals with philosophy and religion, including the Jain philosophy, ethics, and monks' and householders' rules. It further throws light on the rituals both Jaina and Brahmanical, as well as the popular worship.
In the tenth chapter the geographical places, peoples and tribes have been identified. Jain cosmology, various races such as the Anaryas or Mlecchas and Vidyadharas, Rakṣasas and the Vanaras are included in it.
The eleventh chapter is a study of the language, grammar and prosody and contains a literary estimate of the Paumacariyam.
The twelfth chapter is the conclusion which summarises the original contribution of Vimalasūri to the story of Rama, his cultural contri. bution, his indebtedness to others and his influence on the Jaina and non-Jaina Rama-Kathās as well as the cultural, historical and linguistic importance of the work.