Short sketch of early education

Author(s): S Mookeerjee
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42 Karmayogi sri Kesarimalji Surana Abhinandana Grantha : Seventh Part According to the Digambara Jaina Sect, the Caitya (the Jina-image), Caityalaya (the shrine enshrined the Jina-image), the Sruta (Jaina scripture) and the Dharma Cakra or the wheel of Law. These were represented as a diagram on stone or metal or painted on canvas or paper. The Svetambara diagram is called the Siddha-cakra while the Digambara one is called NavaDevata. In paintings of this diagram, according to the Svetambara tradition each of these five Paramesthins have particular complexion. Thus the Arhat, the Siddha, the Acarya, the Upadhyava and the Sadhu are respectively white, red, yellow, blue and black in complexion. REFERENCES R. S. Gupta : Iconography of the Hindu, Buddhists and Jainas. U. S. Shah & M. A. Dhaky: Aspects of Jaina Art and Architecture. U. P. Shah : Studies in Jaina Art. Moti Chandra : Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India. It is possible for an ambitious man to bear the iron darts when there is hope for a future gain, but he who without any hope of gain beareth piercing and prickly words is really venerable. + + + For strokes of foul speech reaching the ears produce a feeling of enmity in the mind, but he who hath his senses restrained can tolerate out of piety and is therefore venerable. -Bhagawana Mahavira