Jaina System of Education

Author(s): Debendra Chandra Das Gupta
Publisher: Bharti Mahavidyalaya

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LECTURE IV!
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group included the Biāhmanic and the Art courses The second group included the whole sange of Buddhist courses and the third group the twelve Angas of the Jainas The whole scheme of studies was iemarkably adjusted to the needs of the scholars of all ianks~the high and the low' pursuing seculai or religious courses of studies It admn ably takes care of “G” and “S” factors The Vedic or Brahmanic, the Buddhistic and the Jama systems especially took care of the aforesaid first factor or general native abilities and the Art courses of the "S" factor or specific abilities Though these two terms were coined by Spearmann, these tivo types of intelligence were known to the ancient Jainas which they utilized in curicular construction A We learn from the Anuyogadvāra Sutram that the following
courses of studies were followed the four Vedas, the Vedāngas, the
Vyāharana, the diamas, the Lohāyata (Cārvāka), Sankhya, Vaisesiha, the Sastilantia (a Sānhliya treatise) Rāmāyanā, Bhīmasuruksha, Kautilya's Arthaśāstia, Treatment of loises, the Science of chariots, Kārpāsīka Sāstias, Nāgasūkshmā, Kanaka-saptatı śāstrā, etc B Buddha Sāsana (the Doctrins of Buddha) C The seventy-two Arts" (These will be discussed in connection
with the education of the princes) D The twelve Angas of the Jainas which are as follows -
1 Ācārānga Sūtia 2 Sūtrakrtānga. 3 Sthānanga 4 Samavāyānga 5 Vyākhyā Prajñaptı 6 jñātādharma-kathāh 7 Upāsakadaśāh 8 Antakrddaśah 9 Anuttaraupapātikadaśāh 10 Piaśna-Vyākaranām 11 Vipāka-Sūtram 12 Drstivāda 10
We do not know for certain which of the Jaina monasteries offered
9. Anuyogadvāra-Sūtra, p 30
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Anuyogadvāra-Sūtra, p 32,