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Vol. IV; No, IV; 1939; Pp. 101-108. Kural (contd.)- In the chapter on Dharma, the author says that it is far better and more virtuous to abstain from killing and eating any animal than to perform 1,000 sacrifices. The author would not have acquiesced in any form of Vedic sacrificial ritualism. In another section the author distinctly condemns the Bauddha principle of purchasing meat from the butcher. The only religion that conforms to the principle enunciated in the book is the religion of Ahimsā as upheld by the Jains. The Jaina commentator of the Tamil work Neelakesi freely quotes from Kural and introduces the quotations with the words 'as is mentioned in our scriptures'-the commentator considered this work as an important Jaina scripture. Prabodhacandrodaya, a non-Jain Tamil drama where the representatives of various religions are introduced on the stage, where the Jain Sannyasi is made to recite that particular verse from the Kural which praises the Ahimśā doctrine. In the eyes of this dramatist the Kural was characteristically a Jaina work.
Naladiyar-The work consists of 400 quatrains. The tradition supposes that each verse is composed by a separate Jaina monk--tradition given. It is one of the earliest didactic work in the Tamil language and is probably of the same age or slightly earlier than the Kural.
Aranericcāram-Aranericcāram--the essence of the way of virtue by Tirumunaippādiyar describes five Jaina moral principles-Ahimsa, Asteya, Satya, Brahmacarya and Parimita Parigraha.
Palamoļi or Proverbs by Huņrunaiyār Araiyanār contains principles of conduct and worldly wisdom. Tiņaimalai Noorraimbatu by Kaņmedaiyār treats of the principles of love and war.
Nanmanikkadigai by Vilambinathar deals with four important moral principles in the other works. Elati, Cardamon and others by Kanimedaiyar is supposed to contain five or six fragrant topics.
Vol. V; No. I; 1939; Pp. 1-8-Silappadikāram or 'the epic af the anklet, a Tamil classic. Its author, the Chera prince, Ilangovadiyal, a Jaina ascetic. This great work is an authority for literary usages. The three great kingdoms Pāndyam, Chera and Chola are involved in this story describes the three great capitals-Madura, Vanji and Puhar. Full story given.
Vol. V; No. II; 1939; Pp. 35-42.--In this 'epic of anklet the term “Andanam' is interpreted by the commentator to mean 'Srāvaka' the householder among the Tainas. It again occurs in the famous Kural defined as 'as one who is all love and
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