Notes on Modern Jainism

Author(s): Mrs Sinclair Stevenson
Publisher: Oxford

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MODERN JAINISM.
10. Pupphiya (y). An account of the heavens and different planets, and of the celestial cars which convey people from the earth to the planets, together with a description of the people who are entitled to enter heaven.
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11. Puphachulia (yea). An account of the nun Puphachula" (yty, her virtues and her disciples.
12. Vanhidas'a (gell). An account of the great men who were born in the Vishnu family; how they conquered Dwarka, obtained initiation, maintained self control and attained Moksa. It is interesting to note that according to Jaina belief Krishna was a Jaina, a cousin of Neminatha, the twenty-second Tirthankara, and that he will himself in his next Incarnation be one of their new Twenty-four Tirthankara.
C. Six Chedagrantha (a). (Books partially destroyed, or books teaching how to destroy sin.)
1. !yuyahāru Sutra ( વ્યવહાર સૂત્ર).
2. Brihatkalpa (4).
3. Das'as rutuskandhu (21).
4. Nisitha (Cali).
These four books all contain rules which monks and nuns must observe as to the taking of food, water, clothes, pots, etc., and the penalties to be undergone for violating of these regulations.
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As we have already seen, the Svetambara hardly ever allow their books to be read by laymen, and although the Sthanakavāsi do not thus restrict the use of the scriptures, even they do not like the laity to see these four books, which, they say, are meant for monks only.