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જ ગી શ્રી માર્ચ ૨૦૧૭ % પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન : જ્ઞાનયોગી શ્રીમદ્ રાજચંદ્રજી વિશેષાંક છ પૃષ્ઠ ૧૧૩ જી વિશે જ પ્રબદ્ધ જીવત
૬ પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવત જ્ઞાનયોગી શ્રીમદ્ રાજચંદ્રજી વિશેષાંક 8 પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન જ્ઞાનયોગી શ્રીમદ્ રાજચંદ્રજી વિશેષાંક પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન : જ્ઞાનયોગી શ્રીમદ્ રાજચંદ્રજી વિશેષાંક પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવતઃ જ્ઞાનયોગી શ્રીમદ્ રાજચંદ્રજી વિરોષક & પ્રબુદ્ધ
the holiness of monkhood. Certainly she was a preferred death instead of fulfilling the sex urge of symbol of chastity, faithfulness and followed rules a common military man. He tried to rape Dharini of monasticism very strictly.
when she cut her tongue and invited death. • Pushpachula: She was appointed as head of Mrugavati: She had denied proposal of remarriage a
the nunnery (16000 nuns) by Parshwanatha. and became a nun. She is well known for female Thus, women could study religion by entering the chastity, political sagacity and heroism. sangha
Shivadevi: A fire that was not getting extinguished It is said that after the period of lord by any means was put off by her, a chaste and Parshwanatha, there was a decline in the strict virtuous woman by sprinkling water on it. discipline in the monks and the nuns as they • Sujeshtha, Chandanbala and several other were having luxurious lives then. Lord Mahavira women opted for spinsterhood for the sake of introduced the fifth vow of celibacy. This gave r eligion and knowledge. women an opportunity to elevate themselves. • Bhadra: A great shravika. She was Shalibhadra's Status of women in the Mahavira period
widowed mother who led her husband's business Tirthankara Mahavira strongly believed in equality in a full-fledged way. She also permitted her only for all human beings and was certainly advanced son to become a monk and after that she led a for his times. All women irrespective of class and religious life following the 12 vows of a shravika. creed were welcome as disciples without any • Revati: A right hand shravika of Lord Mahavira, & discrimination and enjoyed social and religious possessed detailed knowledge of diseases and equality by him. He set an example by translating practicing medicine saved him from diarrhoea. his philosophy into practice and admitted men and Jayanti: used to attend discourses of Mahavira women of all castes and creed impartially in his and discuss with him theological and metaphysical & fourfold sangha. The nuns inspired shravakas to problems and became a devout nun. lead a religious life and helped them in their spiritual Yakini Mahattara: A great scholar herself who elevation. In return the shravikas fulfilled all the nun's defeated in argument Haribhadrasuri, a Brahmin
requirements as part of the religious duties. In this scholar well versed in the scriptures. He accepted # period, young girls of high society of same Yakini as his guru and converted himself to Jaina 3
aristocracy were generally well educated, skilled in faith. & music, dance and other forms of arts. There were . Gunasadhvi: She prepared the first copy of the
no institutions for the princesses but a provision for allegorical work of Siddharshi, who called her the
private coaching was there. Comprehensive goddess of learning. her education was given by employing experienced, Thus, during Mahavira period, women were
trained teachers who were specialized in their own respected, cajoled and cared for. Women were said subjects. This shows that female education was to be blessed ones, virtuous, worthy of reverence encouraged and appreciated.
and absolutely auspicious. Mahavira had women disciples, Chandana being the question regarding gender and salvation has the first woman disciple and spiritual mother of the risen only after Mahavira's in the time of rest. There are references of women from Kundakundaacharya (5th or 6th century A.D.) nearly
Mahavira's family who were all well educated and 1000 years later. In his book Sutta Pahuda, he wrote s # religiously devoted and included Trishala (mother), that a woman cannot remain achala (without *
Yashoda (wife), Priyadarshini (daughter), clothes), as a sachala (with clothes) she cannot Sudarshana (sister), Jyestha (elder brother's wife) attain salvation and therefore cannot become a and Sesavati (grand-daughter). Though history is tirthankara either. Digambara view clothes as a silent about Yashoda's devotion, it is glaring that she parigraha, find woman impure during menstruation, sacrificed all her happiness and pleasures for her woman can always be raped, she cannot reach the husband who could march on the path of 7th hell because she has extreme compassion som renunciation instantly
she cannot become highly cruel, and due to her fickle During this period we only quote a few females unsteady mind cannot practice meditation for long amongst the unending list of outstanding women as time that is essential for attaining moksa. follows:
[ To be continued ] • Dharini: The modest mother of Chandanbala, who
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પ્રબદ્ધ જીવન જ્ઞાનયોગી શ્રીમદ્ રાજચંદ્રજી વિશેષાંક # પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન જ્ઞાનયોગી શ્રીમદ્ રાજચંદ્રજી વિશેષાંક N પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન જ્ઞાનયોગી શ્રીમદ્ રાજચંદ્રજી વિરોષક ## પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવત ઃ જ્ઞાનયોગી શ્રીમદ્ રાજચંદ્રજી વિશેષાંક ## પ્રબુદ્ધ
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