Studies in Jainology Prakrit Literature and Languages

Author(s): B K Khadabadi
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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Studies in Juinology, Prakrit
Savve jiva vi icchapli jīvium na marijum tamkā pāni-vaham gheran... ... ...
All beings desire to live and not to be stain. Therefore killing living beings is horrible..........
Jaha le na piyam dukkham laheva tesimpi jana jīvanam, evam naccă appovamia jīvesu hohi sada.
Just as you do not like pain, so also other beings dislike it. Knowing this, treat them ever as your own self (and abstain from causing any injury to them).
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Jaha te na piyaṁ dukkham jania cmeva savvajīvanan, savvāyaramuvautto attovammona kunasu diyam'.
Just as your do not like pain, similarly oiher beings dislike it. Understanding this and trcating all beings with duc regard like your own self, extend compassion to them.
Savvo vi jahāyase logo bhumie savvediudadhi, taha jāņa ahimsae vadagunaśīlāni titthanti.co
The sky covers the whole world and the earth (globe) holds all the islands and oceans. Similarly ahimsā comprises all (other) vows and (their) protective virtues too..
It may be noted that the kind of Ethical. Disciplinc, discussed here with ahimsā as its cardinal aspect, need not be taken as an utopian prescription for the present aching world. Mahātmā Gandhiji, who was considerebly influenced in the early part of his life by the Jaina religio- ethical tradition, long prevailing in Gujarat, which also had its impact on his family ancestors and elders, has