Jains Through Time

Author(s): Shilapi Sadhvi
Publisher: Veerayatan

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The Jains through Time
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The Jains wrote seminal works on subjects foundation of any creativity. like grammar, arithmetic, astrology, ayurveda and medicine. In 1125 AD a Jain shraman, Works of art, whether created by Jains or Kirtivarsh, wrote Govaidya, a scholarly work others, are always a spontaneous overflowing on veterinary science. I do not recall any of an inner abundance. The sculptor merely field of scholarship that escaped the reveals the statue slumbering within the attention of the Jain writers of South India. rock. I feel grateful for that stony monolith
within which, for aeons, 'slumbered' the 71 Chamund Rai : Jain Warrior Patron My eyes, closed in reverie, do not want to open to the present. The scene on my inner eye is so pleasing, yet so astonishing, that I can only describe it as the building up of the rhythms of the mridangam (an Indian percussion instrument), bringing South India alive in harmony. I am lost in rapture. Diffused throughout creation, my very being seems to have frozen, and set like amber around South India's golden age. I start to wonder whether art and literature can be created without experiencing inner bliss. There is a saying that when the vessel is full to the brim, it will pour forth its riches. When a flower opens, it cannot hold back its fragrance, it perfumes the
Shri Gomateshwar Bahubali surroundings naturally. By the same token, ft. high form of Shri Gomateshwar Bahubali inner emptiness can never be the at Shravan Belgola in Mysore. This is a very