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196 / The Rāştrakūtas and Jainism
7.3.5. It is interesting, also worth pondering, the subjects taught in the Jaina monastry. Bhrājisņu, a protege of the Răstrakūtas has recorded the curriculum of advanced studies which included subjects like grammar, poetics, prosody, epistomology, astronomy, Drama, literature, lexicon, Veterinary science, medicine, vēda-purāņa-smrti and dharmaśāstra. Specialists and professors were competent to teach more subjects. Aspirants for higher education, both secular and spiritual, used to select a near by monastery of their choice.
7.3.6. De factor, realistically, advancement of Jainism was from the beginning tied to the fortunes of various ruling houses. Jainas, both the partiarchs and their adherents, had remarkable ability of repeatedly being the amicus curiae, friend of the court, and actively cultivating local monarchs. Drawing upon the literary and epigraphical evidence of specific periods and locations, Jaina community appears to have sailed safe in this epoch.
7.3.7. The period of Jaina ascendancy was fast drawing to its zenith when the throne was occupied by Amoghavarşa-I, Jaina Ašāka of the south, and an ardent follower - benefactor of Jainism. He was educated in the Jaina convent, and had grown in the bon vivant, good companion of the eminent Jaina monks de novo, from the beginning, as was the desire of his father, Govinda-III, who was himself a frequent visitor to Jaina centres. Amõghavarsa had the benefit of being tutored by Virasēna, Jinasēna, Mahāvīrācārya and Sākațāyana, where as his son KrsnaIII studied and trained under the guidance of Gunabhadra. This cordial and reciprocative relationship continued up to Indra-IV, the last sprout of the dynasty.
7.3.8. Institutions of Jaina ascetics were synonym of library where reading, writing and copying was constantly going on. Not surprisingly, the illustrious Attimabbe got 1001
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