Book Title: Studies in Buddhist and Jaina Monachism
Author(s): Nand Kishor Prasad
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur
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CONTENTS
General Editor's Note
Preface
Abbreviations
Introductory
(a) The Meaning and Scope of the words Vinaya and Ācāra (b) The Sources of Study
CHAPTER I
11-68
Section I:
The Jaina Ācāra and the Buddhist Vina ya The Salient Features of Jaina Ācāra (a) The Jaina Order and other relevant rules (6) Ahirsa, the principle of non-injury (c) Samyama or self-restraint (d) Tapa or Self-mortification and penance
Section II : (A) The Salient Features of Buddhist Vinaya
(a) The Formation of the Order (6) Requisites (c) Monastic Observances (d) Monastic Administration
(B) The Background of the Buddhist Vinaya (a) Pre-Buddhist Beliefs and Practices (6) Buddhist Standpoint (c) The Concession Allowed to the Ascetics
CHAPTER II
The Order : Formation and Development
71-156
Section 1: Pabbajjā And Upasampada
(a) Pabbajja and Upasampadá Connotated
(6) The Process of Admission · (c) Duties and obligations
(d) The Causes of Renunciatiou
