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JAINA BIBLIOGRAPHY
The astronomical-chronological period on which the Jaina systern is based in the well-known quinquennial nga or cycle which is the same as that of the Jyotisa Vedanga. A Jaina juga consists of five years and begins with Abhijit. Solar, Ṛtu Sarana, lunar and the Nakṣatara months and years described. The names of months-modern and Jaina. Four kinds of Samvatsaras, five seasons, calculations given.
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A. N. UPADHYE-Mystic Elements in Jainsm. (Jain Ant. vol. III; No. II; Arrah; 1937; Pp. 27-30).
Some aspects of mysticism; mysticism in Jainism; elements of mysticism in Jainism. Jainism contains all the essentials of mysticism. The rigidity of the code of morality prescribed for a Jaina saint gives no scope for Jaina mysticism to stoop to low levels of degraded tantricism. Sex-impulse is considered by Jaina moralists as the most dangerous impediment on the path of spiritual realisation, so sensual consciousness has no place whatsoever in Jaina mysticism. The routine. of life prescribed for a Jaina monk does not allow him to profess and practise miracles and magical feats for the house-holder with whom he is asked to keep very little company.
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M. C. JAIN-History and Principles of Jaina law-Jain law and the law courts (Jain Ant. vol. III, No. I); Arrah, 1937. Pp. 9 to 15.
The antiquity and independence of Jainism once recognised, the law for the Hindus would not apply to Jainas, if theology has anything to do with jurisprudence and the fundamentals of the two religions differ. Jainas differ particularly from the Brahmanical Hindus in their conduct towards the dead omitting all obsequies after the corpse is buried or burnt. They also regard the birth of a son as having no effect on the future state of his progenitor and consequently adoption is a merely temporal arrangement and has no spiritual object.' In the Jaina law of inheritance, the widow precedes the son. Females occupy a respectable position in Jaina society, and enjoy equality under the law. The daughter's son is at par with the son's son. Jaina law favours separate living as against the Joint family system of the Hindus.
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B. N. Krishnamurti SARMA-Vadiraju Tirtha. (P. O. vol. II; 1937-38)
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