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DISCUSSION ON FREUDIAN AND JAIN........ : 43 his subject with a view to study functioning of human mind for treating its abnormalities. Hence he grasped from his subjects the causes of neurotic behavior, which were reflected in dreams to some extent. This in turn also helped to understand the mind's working. His methodology was commonly known as psycho -analysis, which previously was called by name talking cure, in which free association method was applied. In ancient times, they used a 'dream book's, which had various dimensions to study the dreamer and dream objects to interpret a dream. For example, the zodiac sign of the dreamer, the date of birth, the day, month, astral condition, time, hour, and cause of the dreaming. It was considered that the dream objects cannot be interpreted excluding other factors functioning around the dreamer. Hence it was a complex study and needed a great proficiency in interpreting dreams. Although that science is almost turned fade today and we find only few books that deal with such facts but not very lucidly. In Jain Āgamas - the primary books of Jainism, have an account of dream interpretation. It states that if such and such symbol reflect to a particular queen etc. it results in that particular meaning but why that particular meaning is derived is not found. Interpretation was made and they happened in reality as the historical account depicted. However, the proper source of interpretation of that period is not available. In post Āgamic period, many Jain literatures were authorized, in which meanings had been interpreted of numerous dreams which again have no reference to the source. Those dreams are other than the seventy two dreams as illustrated in the text Bhagavai. In Bhadrabāhu Samhitā, it is written that āgamas have a very short account of dream symbols but few later ācaryas have dealt with the subject in detail. Freud goes to the past of the person through free analysis and referred back the meaning of the manifest content of the dream. He was confirmed for this idea because he treated many neurotics through this process of psycho-analysis. He came to the conclusion that the dreams have greater role to play in human life. Dreams can reveal
