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6.9.7. Deprecation of duskavis, poetasters and the pseudo-authors is another feature of Kannada poems. Pampa, Ponna and Ranna, the famous trio/group of three and jinasamayadipakas, 'illuminators of Jaina church', 10th century have chosen to deprecate bad litterateurs who misused the poetic gift that they were endowed with. And, in the same breath Pampa and others have lauded worthy authors. Kannada poets, in all these matters, were evidently indebted to Jinasēna-II, who had set a poetic path, a paradigm that Kannada men of letters obediently followed.
6.9.8. Jaina preceptors were trained in various sciences including grammar. Many monks are eulogised in inscriptions as versatile grammarians mastering CandraKatantra-Jainendra Śākaṭāyana school of grammar. Jaina pontiffs and authors, in whichever language they preached and wrote, advocated peace, non-violence, primordial policy of jivo jivasya jivitam, 'live and let live', and parasparō pagrahō jīvānām, ‘mutual assistance of all beings'. It is pregnant with meaning and so befitting that this has been Jaina pratika, the symbol of Jaina faith, the palm of the hand that bears the word 'ahimsa' in the centre.
6.9.9. Obviously, the age of Raṣṭrakūṭas was marked by the wide spread practice and patronage of Jaina talents in all fields.
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