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LECTI RE VIII
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
It is proposed to discuss in this lecture the locations pursued m Jaini India with reference to thcir gcographical origin, their geography cal distribulion lle application of psychological principles to voca tional selection and the organization and administration of vocations Tlic inaicrials of this study wluch represents a noi cl attempt of this kind at any ratc in this couniry are derno principally from the Jaina sources supplemented by the Hindu and the Buddhist oncs
The geographical factors iz location mountains reliefs bodies of water-mland or occanic soil climate flora fauna minerals and the transportation systems liic always in all ages and under all ar cuhstances excrced a paramount influence on the genesis development and the direction of the locations of man who after all is a product of the cnyironment to a great extent It has beca so all over the world and India is not an exception to the rule Very natur ally wc find all these factors ponerfully effective in Jamna India Let us now turn to the description of these factors tracing their influence on vocations leaving out location for discussion in connection with the geographical distribution of vocations
Mountain occupation -
The mountain occupauion is styled variously by different Jain : writers Rajasekhara Suri names it yanajavštti (974) aud Hemacandra styles it vanajivika ( Emailfon). According to the commentary of the Yogasastra Vanajiviha includes selling of fruits powers leaves of wild trecs either plucked or unpluched and the grind ing of seeds with hand mill!
“छिन्नाछिन्नयनपत्रप्रसूमफलषिक्रया ।
कयामा दलमात् पेपाल एविश्व धमजीषिका ॥ १०३॥ 1 Huntington And Cushing. I'rinciples of Human Geography Chap 1 1a. Rajasekhara Sur, Prabondbakoga, vol 1 p 17 2b Hemacandra Yogasastra, vol 1 p 566 verse 10 3 Ibid, PP 367868
