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
scriptures are full of these details. Indeed all this shows the 'all-merciful' spirit of Jaina ācāryas. Their highest religion was that "all breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, non abused, nor tormented, nor driven away."15
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N.B. The concept of soul has invited attention of most of the philosophers of ancient India. Since the dawn of Indian wisdom as reflected in the twelve mantras of the Ṛgveda (X. 58, 1-12) we notice the tendency of the seers to speak about the soul and philosophical discussions on the topic are best exhibited in the texts of the Upanisads. For further studies special reference may be made to the following: Prameyakalamartanda by Sri Prabhacandra, it being a commentary on the Pariksamukhasutra of Manikyanandi, edited critically by Pt. Mahendra Kumar Sastri, Bombay, 1941 (Second edition). Jacobi, Article on Jainism and the Jaina Atomic theory in the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. VII; Jaini, Outlines of Jainism; S. Radhakrishnan, Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1, Eleventh Impression, 1983, specially pp. 294ff; J.N. Sinha, A History of Indian Philosophy, Calcutta, 1952, specially the pages, 247-49; E. Frauwallner, History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1; R.C. Dwivedi, Contribution of Jainism to Indian Culture, ed. Motilal Banarasidass, Delhi, 1975; of special interest for the purpose A.L. Basham, History and Doctrines of the Ajivakas, Delhi, First edition, London, 1951; Reprint, Delhi, 1981; and S.N. Das Gupta, A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1, Cambridge, 1932, pp. 188ff.
15. Acārānga, IV. I.
-Prof. Heramba Chatterjee Shastri