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Services to king. To attain ability in measurement.
To prepare gold from different chemicals. vi) To earn wealth through Mantras.
To pray gods and goddesses for achieving wealth. viii) Agriculture. ix) To cross seas with business motive. x) Mountaineering and Mining. xi) Business. xii) Services. xiii) Handicrafts.
According to the Jaina ethics mining may be included in the injury of one sensed being (Ekendriya Jiva), but from the view point of achieving wealth it has been excused for business.
Buddhist Tradition - Lord Buddha the founder of the Buddhist tradition has not payed so much attention to economic problems. But he has negated the unequality of distribution of earned wealth among family members, labours, and landlords etc. Moreover, in his Aștāngamārga he has propounded the theory 'Samyagājīva' which means that one should earn his livelihood properly and honestly and the earned wealth must be distributed properly honestly among familymembers, workers and landowners, 13 Gandhian Economics
Gandhian economics has emphasised the small scale industries. Mahatma Gandhi has refused the large scale industries. In his opinion large scale industries should be allowed to work simply for those commodities which cannot be produced in the small scale industries. His small scale - industries have been named in Hindi as following -
i) Laghu Udyoga - Because they are small scaled. ii) Grāma Udyoga - The small scale industries are normally
established in the villages. So they are called as Grāma
Udyoga.
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