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and their categories and six sub category of the 14 namely, k la (time); god; soul; destiny; character for a total of 84. Since they do not accept existence of soul, they do not have the eternal and transistory states in their doctrine.
Aj nav d: They opine that knowledge leads to arguments, because nobody has complete knowledge and half-baked knowledge often gives rise to different sects. Hence gaining knowledge is useless. Ignorance will save the world. They have 67 categories, namely, nine basic elements each with seven sub classification i.e. existence; non-existence; true existence; unworthy utterance; truthful utterance; untruthful utterance; truetruthful utterance. Multiplying the seven there are 63 and then putting together origination and in four states like existence etc together constitute 67 divisions.
Vinayav d: One who is humble is vinayav d. They do not have separate scriptures, etc. They only believe in mok a. They have 32 divisions - god; king; yati (teacher); j ti (intelligent or wise); elder monk, Adhama; mother; and father. Be courteous to all of these from mind, speech and body and give them due charity keeping in mind place and time. This way, multiplying 8 by 4 they have 32 categories.
Bimbas ra- re ika
King re ika Bimbas ra or Bhambh s ra of the i un ga clan was a famous and brave king. He belonged to V h ka clan as he hailed from V h ka country. re ika was the king of Magadha and one of the prominent king-followers of Mah v ra. His father Prasenajita was a devotee of P r van tha and a votary with right perception. Some texts in Jain literary tradition say that he dissociated himself from the Jain religion for sometime even though he was a born Jain.
According to Jain gamas Da ruta-skandha, re ika was very happy to hear news of the Lord's arrival in R jag ha. He went with his queen Celan to be of service to the Lord. Hearing his sermon, inspired by his renunciation and detachment, he accepted the Jain religion with pure feeling. He obtained right knowledge on Jain religion.
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