Studies in Jainism

Author(s): Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture Culcutta
Publisher: Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture Culcutta

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STUDIES IN JAINISM includes those who are partly ārādhaka i.e. those who partially observe the rules laid down by Lord Mahāvira. The third has within its fold those saints who are entirely virādhaka. The fourth or the last consists of the group of such saints who are completely ārādhaka.
Thus, an attempt is here made by me to point out from the Jaina view-point different groups of humanity which can be formed on various grounds, with the hope that scholars well-versed in non-Jaina schools of thought will throw ample light on this subject from a comparative point of view.