Shrimad Bhagavad Gita

Author(s): T U Mehta
Publisher: Sastu Sahitya Mudranalaya Trust Ahmedabad

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29 Brief Outlines of Jainism
things including domestic animals were offered in fire. This practice resulted in Vedic scriptures called “Brahmanas”which prescribed in great details the ceremonial rituals for the performance of Yajnas with the help of priestly class of Brahmins. Age of Upanishadas :
From the very intial stages, the Shramana traditions tried to put emphsis not on ceremonial practices but on personal efforts to obtain divine dispensations. On account of this, there was a gradual intellectual renascence in Vedic tradition giving rise to more rational interpretation to Vedic injunctions through the literature, which is known as Upanishads. Sankhya's closeness with Jainism :
Sankhya system is considered as the earliest Indian attempt to systematize philosophy. The earliest propounder of this philosphy was saint Kapila. There is a good deal similarity between Jainism and Sankhya.