Jaina System of Education

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

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JNIM SISTLU OF COUCATION
discharged their clic ation functions from the accounts given below Iluse monastcrics cducatcd clic royal students with a view to their com pcience for discharging tlic duties of the State and coni crtal people in clucling lungs will n view to dc calico mission of the church Thus thic curricult of thic Jam monastcry were admirably fitted to suit the needs of duscrsc duties of us alum Thc Jama monasteries at the suburb of Baranı Vuranası or Benares con crted princc Aimutte 31 hing hanlie Vasudeva of Baravai and Ling Algklhe of Benares and hing Adiyance who pursue the claicii Angas of the Jainas. They ucrc not the only members of the royal liousehold to join the Jaina Order King Rablia and luis son Baralia " Mahavira Vardhamana ucrc all members of thc policrful roynd houschold who renounced the world for spiritual career **
Art school at llocrapura -
Rajaśckra Siri 1 much Inter authority clescribes a still clifferent curricula for the education of the prince Ama son of Sośavarman Ling of Kanouj and his consort Sujasa There lived a Suri Sxlhasena by namc at Patalipura in Guzcrat during the reign of Jitasatru The Suri repaired to the monastery at Moclcrapura where he trained Bappa Blialtı son of Bappa 1 h satriya resident of Dunbadhı in Panchala along with prince Ama of honauy in the seventy two arts* cmbracing the 3R s fine arts military sciences Vedas Vedangas minera logy astronomy astrology medicine treatment of plant disease and training of the Acaryas etc The curricula in Jaina monasteries were flexbile and varied Thus Siddhasena Suris ideal curricula for the education of Bappa Bhatħ and the price of Kanou are as follows –
___ 1 किनितम् writing 2 गणितम् arithmetic, 3 गीतमू singing 4 ray dancing 5 ofert reading 6 UTOL music 7 6019CUTAL graminar 8 छन्दो prosody, 9 ज्योतिपम् astronomy 10 शिक्षा phonetics 11 निरुतम् etymology 12 कात्यायनम् ritual, 13 निघण्टुः lexicography 14 4 39h cuttuug of leaves, 15 UL cutting of nails, 84 The Antagaçadasso And Anuttaravaväiya dasao pp. 84-85 35 Ibid P 96
36 Idd Loc Cit. 87 Puşpadanta, Mabápurini, yol, i edited by P L Vardya p 38 Jaina Sūtras, part I 89 Rajasekhara Suri Pralandhakoga, vol. p 27