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Authors and Subjects Studied in Rajasthan
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कक्षण, भरत, वात्स्यायनप्रन्थ, चाणक्य, श्रुति, स्मृति, पुराण, इतिहास and घर्थशास्त्र. 100 Bharata must refer to भरतनाट्यशास्त्र, वात्स्यायनप्रन्थ to वात्स्यायनीय कामसूत्र, and चाणक्य to the after anderer, 161
That there were books on all these subjects and some others too can be seen from the Sarangadharapaddhati which has sections on Rajanīti, elephants, horses, military science, music, herbs and plants, omeng, svarōdaya, antidotes of poisons, Kautukas, bhūtavidya, Yoga and Kalpasthana, the Prabhavaka charita mentions seventy two arts and sciences learnt by Prince Ama (Nagavalōkā), but of these some may not actually have been subjects of our study during our period.162 A shorter and more authentic list is to be found in the उपमितिभवप्रपञ्चाकथा of सिद्धर्षिसूरि, according to which the subjects learnt by princes fegers and afada were all screpts, Mathematics, grammar, astrology, astronomy, prosody, dancing, cutting patterns, indrajala, military science, medical science, logic, and characteristics of people.163 Some of these could obviously be subjects of study, not for the Jain monks and nuns, but only the common laity, whether Jain or non-Jain. That there were books also on architecture and fine arts can be seen from the Mss. in the Jain Bhandars, and inferred from the buildings that adorn all parts of Rajasthan.
Additional subjects studied by non-Jains.
Non-Jains naturally studied a few subjects, that were their own, much more than the Jains or Buddhists. Study of the Vedas continued as before in certain centres like Bhinamala which produced the great Brahman poet and scholar, and continued to be a centre of Brahmanic learning at least up to the time of Kanhaḍadeva of jalor. Even now the Srimali Brahmanas hold a special position in Rajasthan, have been found at Jaisalmer and Pattan.
161. Rare commentaries on the 182. P. 152 (Nirnayasagar Edition)
163; Prastava 3, chapter 1; Prastava 4. chapter 2, Siddharsi's, opinion on ज्योतिष &nd निमित्तशास्त्र is worth quoting. He writes, Astrology ' निमित्तशास्त्र and similar other subjects, the results of which lie beyond human ken, were first taught by . If the prediction goes wrong, it is the professor of the science who is to believe and not the science itself. People have only a limited knowledge of them. They do not know their sub-division. '
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