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(2) Week days are not mentioned stems must have been co-existent in Jaina daholaical texts, Atharva .atleast over a few centuries, ad Veda Jyotisa , gives an explicit i'roje Sukládi system prevalent in Jajaa rence to seven days of the week. It canonical works gained woper the indicates that Jaina astronomical. texts - other with the passage of time. Ne might belong to a period prior to michand Jajna231a18@163dvocates, the » Atharva Veda Jyotisa was compiled. - view that Jaiņa-:astronomical system
(3) The system of reckoning, grew independently nord 10 bol ‘ayana” (half the annual course of gun 3 (4) Sțild a high antiquity of the in Vedanga Jyotisa different from Jaina School of astronomy is gevealed that in Jaina aseronomy. According : fsont the Jaina tradition of uirthaplars to Suyuti Prajapti, daksiñayana son- o(ford-makers): Jaļna mythologyg5 thern course of the suh) begins with i takes account of a past 390 g, future Abhijit (Lyrkeh sakshatra (asteristh) acons of renovation, of the world occutting on first day of the datk and each acon is assigned 24. sirthan lubar half of the month of Sravana skars. Mahavira is the last, of the pre(first lunar month of Jaina's 55) year sent. found of 24-tirthankaras, ford" fixed calendar) wherelds adtording to makers). In this context BN. Luniya Vecking Jyotisa, uttarayana (orthern 48 remarks, in his article, entitled course of sun) begins with Dhanistha . Jaina Iconography as i (B Delphini) nakshatra (asterism eccu. "Risabhanatha, the first tirthankar rring on the first day of the bright is meptioned in the Vispu and Bhalunar half of the month of Magha gawat Puranas as belongiog to a yety (seventħ luhat of Jaina's 5-year fized - remote past. The earliest Brahmanical calendar). Evidently Jainas followed literaturo, makes reference to a seer Sukladi (months ending with full who defied the Vedas. cand opposed moon day) paddhati (systemy obland animal sacrifices. The Yajur Veda Kasnidi (months. ending with pet mentions the names of three titthan. moon day); paddhati (system) was karas-Risabba. Ajit and Aristanemi. followed in VJ period. Despite the Jainism became a popular sect during fact that winter solstice had receded -the time of Parsvanathọ, the 23rd from Dhanistha' (B Delphini) to Abh. tirthafikara, who is believed to have ijit" (Lyrae) in due time. Emphasis - lived in the 8th century BC.” may be laid upon the improbability This suggests that Jäink' doctrióe of an overnight change from Kisnadi of karma (deed) may be thore belgic system to Sukladi system. Both sys- thin Yajura Veda period and Windot
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