Jaina System of Education

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

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JAINA SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
The inland boclics of water such as riicr and lake influenced the sclection of the sile for nunnery m Campala Thic city of Campaka, 1101 in obscurc village nicar inolcru Bhagalpur was an ancient city famous for its commercial political and cultural activities through thic ages It is mentioned in the Malubharata as 1 holy place?! But thic Jaina fathers asctibe its origm to honiha or Ajatašauru the son of Srcniha Bimbisira ulo inade it his capital Then being unable to cnclure huis sorton for his father hc Icft Rajastha and founded the nous city Champah. Ibus honska mide the scat of his rulc 2
According to Fa Hian the fifth century Chinese Buddhist pilgrim 10 India il las locrice on the souliern bank of thic rncr Ganges - Rly's Davids in thic Dialogues of the Buddha claus its sitc on the cast bank ot the riicr Campala"The city was semi-circular in shape and it was prou d uuth all the facilitics of the modern civilized life-buildings ex cellent roads and tlic rest The following quotauon will bear us out. In those days at that time there was a city named Campa It was splendid tranquil and prosperous city folk and country folk alike were happy therc. It was thronged with population lus field bounds were turned up by laundreds and thousands of ploughshares and displayed far reaching pleasant dykcs I t was surrounded by a wall bent in a curve like a bow and decorated with cornices arranged in circles Its bastions rampart paths door ways gates and arches were lofty its high roads duly duided It contained markets and bazars thronged with craftsmcn content and happy It had open places junctions of three four or morc roads and markets for goods adorned nith diverse sorts of treasure Its highways wierc thronged with princes It was crowded with number of fine horses fiery elephants and troops of chariots with palanquins and litters and with cars and carriages Its waters were brilliant with beds of lotuses whose buds were newly bursting into bloom and it was fully decorated with fine white palaces 3 Owing
24. Mahabharata, rol. vi edited by Haridas Siddhantavigis, p 780 verse no 163
15 Kathakosa, p 178 20 Fa Hian A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms tr by James Legge M.A. LL.D p 100
27 Dialogues of the Buddha part I tr by T TV Rhys Dards, P 144. 28 The Antagaçadasdo And Anuttarovavdiya Dasto pp 18