Rajkumar Mahabal

Author(s): Pushkar Muni, Devendra Muni
Publisher: Laxmi Pustak Bhandar

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From the Pen of the Author
Jain literature in the form of Stories: -Motive and Nature.
We can know that much from the historical research of the Jain Agama literature that God Mahaveera was skilled in making the serious subjects of Religion and Philosophy, most simple, of good advice and palatable by introducing the narratives-stories and metaphors in his spiritual sermons. It is at least clear from the Agamas like Nayadhammakha, Vipaksootra, Niarayavalika, Uttaradhyayana that God Mahaveera had made use of thousands of such illustrations and metaphors in his sermon. Unfortunately only small part from amongst them is available today and most part of them is destroyed.
In the preachings of God Mahaveera the usage was done mostly of short stories, narratives and brief metaphors. One holy object behind these stories was that the curiosity of the listeners to know what is