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106 MEDIEVAL JAINISM : CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT (Contd.)
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Helminth Fungus
Hydatid disease Zoophilic dermatophytes13
(ii) Keeping of cats
Fungus
Protozoa Unknown
Zoophilic dermatophytesla Toxoplasmosia's Cat scratch fever16 Malaria??
(iii) Keeping of Protozoa
monkey (iv) Keeping of Chlamydiae
Parrots (v) Keeping of birdsk Chalmydiae
Psittacosis18
Ornithosis 19
Conclusion
Following five conclusions can be safely drawn from the above :
1. The Jaina acaryas, even though conscious of the
fact that a house-holder has to follow a profession for earning his livelihood and that there is no profession which does not involve violence in one form or the other, were practical in prohibiting only
a few professions and not all. 2. The professions prohibited by them involve
violence not only to others, as would apparently appear; these prohibited professions involve violence to the self also because they pollute the environment in one or the other way. The rule that as you sow so shall you reap works in a visible from also. As you hurt others, you create problems for the self also.
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