Jaina Community a Social Survey

Author(s): Vilas Sangve
Publisher: Popular Book Depot Bombay

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JAINA COMMUNITY
VILAS A. SANGAVE
The Jaina community is one of the ancient communities of India and from hoary antiquity to the present day, it is spread throughout the length and breadth of India. Jainism has its own vast sacred literature, distinct philosophy and outlook on life and special ethical rules of conduct based on the fundamental principle of Ahimsa. Jainas have contributed a great deal to the development of art and architecture, logic and philosophy, language and literature, education and learning. Jaina community thus occupies an important place among the religious communities in India,
This volume is the second revised edition of the first comprehensive and systematic study of the social institutions, customs and manners prevalent among the Jainas. It deals with various aspects of Jaina community such as its sects, sub-sects, castes and sub-castes, marriage and position of women, philosophy and ethics, rites and rituals, customs and manners. It outlines the outstanding features of Jaina religion and its distinctive ethical rules of conduct. It also presents for the first time a critical account of the history and achievements of the Jainas. The book discusses the present pressing problems before the Jaina community and especially its relations with the Hindus. The whole account is properly documented by considerable statistical data and other relevant information which have been brought uptodate in this revised edition.
Although Jainalogy has vast literature on religion and philosophy, a sociological account of the Jaina community, however, was not available so far. This volume recording the sociological history of the Jainas is, therefore, an invaluable contribution and will be found very useful.
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