Doctrine of Jainas

Author(s): Walther Shubring, Wolfgang Beurlen
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas

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DOCTRINE OF THE JAINAS 22 groups (tolā) under named leaders. Notwithstanding this fundamental difference various Sthānakvāsīs still to-day call themselves Svetāmbaras though without acknowledging all of their texts, i.e. repudiating 13 out of its 45, including the Mahānisīha, for their attitude towards the padımās. Hence the Battīsi mentioned 84. An earlier branch of Lonkasa's community dating from either s. 1531 or 1533 was represented in Rajputana and in Gujarat by the Vesadharas who must have stood out by wearing some conspicuous costume. A counterpart to the name of the Bāvis Tolā is that of the Terā. panth, the "path of the thirteen", which appeared in Marwar in s. 1817. The Teräpanthi, within the frame of their strict ortho doxy, equally reject the cult of images since the founder of their sect, Bhikanjī, was a Sthānakvāsī, but they equally counted themselves among the Svetämbaras".
$33 The afore mentioned publication of Dharmasāgara, known also by the title of Pravacanaparīkşās, is up to now the only contemporary source for the Lumpākas and the Vesadharas, though for its polemic character it has to be valued accordingly, While the aversion to images represents an actually far-reaching disparity of views, Dh., on the other hand, deals with a number of other sects whose principles vary but insignificantly from the standard rules. We therefore content ourselves with rendering but a few statements. The Paurņamiyakas (s. 1159) derived
I Comp p 2, 29 of the publication mentioned $ 56.
2 "Seeker" (1 e Kesari Chand BHANDARI), Notes on the Sthanak. wasi or non-idolatrous Shwetambar Jains (Indorc) 1911 STEVENSON, Heart p 87 f : the SAME ERE 12, 123 f.JACOBI, Archiv f. Religionsw153. 18, 271 f --SRI PREM CHAND, Mithya Khandan, containing origin of Jainism Ludhiana 1914
3 R G BHANDARKAR, Rep 1883-84, p. 153
4 For details see JACOBI loc cit 272, Kesrce Chand KISHORY in the Census of India 1921, vol. I, p I, App IV, JAYACARYA, Bhram Vidhvamsan (
Cs 1980), KANAMALLA Svami, Kalu Bhaktamarastotra (Cs 1987), pga ff, Terapanthikt Granth Samgrah (Bo 1876), A short History of the Terapanthi Sect of the Jain Swetambar Community ( 1933):
On the above mentioned sects partly diverging Muni Atmäramj! ANANDAVIJAYA IA 21, 63, 72 (also on other different branches).
5 BHANDARKAR, Report 1883-84, p 144-155; WEBER, Uber den Kupakshakaucıkāditya des Dharmasagara, Streitschrift eines orthodoxen
janro 1573 SPAW1882, 793-814, merely discusses the tragues of a ms, of which the most important parts are missing.