Jaina System of Education

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

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JAINA SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
Taxıl? 41 husinagar 4" kundapura " Barami so Avantı ol and at Nalanda - The Licchiavi youths practised military Arts in the gymna sium at Vitalı -
Let us now turn to the description of a royal gymnasium at Kunda pura derising our source materials from thic writings of various authors, clevoted to the description of the aforesaid gymnasiums and thus to have a general sicu of a gymnasiun in ancient India We arc quoting below in describe the royal gyınnasıtım at hundapura where king Siddharth? father of Lord Malayıra underwent hus physical exercises Having got up he went into the gymnasium where there was a profussion of instruments for excrcising the body and weights for stretching the arms Tierc after cicrcusing himsell lullc was ured and tired again hc tool various kinds of oils some with a hundred aud others with a thousand drugs and mendicants dissolved in them sweet smelling nourishing irradiating exlularating flattening strengthening and quickening all the senses hc anointed himself all over with these he was then well rubbed and shampoed by men skilled in the Art and who could impart a softness and tenderness even to ibe palms of the hands and soles of the feet alio could perform their work with quick ness and dexterity fastness and cleverness of their profession and who had studied well the Art and were incapable of fatigue hneading thu body till the bones lctc invigorated the muscles refreshed the shi released and hair made to shinc all the four tissues of the body re freshed and langour and fatigue banished He then left the gymnasium and went into the bathung rooins
king Andhaga Vanh, lord of Barayai had also according to the text simular physical training as comfortable as could be " The above
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