Book Title: ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 03
Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies
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It has been observed by the scholars that none of these texts contains the entire law. And it is quite evident from the list of topics too, as they cover only 'civil procedure code' and not the 'criminal procedure code'.
It is open to the scholars to find out the injunctions regarding various types of punishments for various types of crimes as found in Jaina texts.
The aim of this lecture is not to enlist various laws related to the above-mentioned topics, but to find out the basic principles of Jaina Law and Justice.
Following observations can be made regarding these basic principles:
1. Jaina Law is not the off-shoot of either the Hindu Law or the Buddhist Law. 2. Both, the notion of Justice and the nation of Law are fundamentally based on religions
sanction rather than mundane social or legal sanction. 'Just' means that which is sanctioned by religion and 'Law' means the prescription/
injunction of religion in the interest of maintaining the religious order. 3. Gender equality or more correctly, respect for a woman is reflected quite sufficiently in
this code, but there are discrepancies. A lot of respect is shown for Mother and Wife, but somehow a daughter is not been given that due share. The basic principles of the religion are maintained properly through these codes. For instance, the necessity of donation, social undertaking, and reverence to the monks has been considered properly.
Main Source-books: 1. "Selections from the Jaina Law", published by Jaina Vidya Sansthana Digambara Jaina
Atishaya Khsetra Shri Mahāvīraji, Rajasthan "Jaina Political Thought by G.C. Pande, Pub. by Prakrit Bharati Sansthan, Dept. Of Jainism, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 1984.
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