Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SŪTRA
duties to oneself, the family and the society at large, promotion of the social relation and efficiency, preservation of culture, spiritual urge and aspiration after attaining liberation-the highest goal of life.
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It is, therefore, apparently clear from the above discussion that there was the spiritual background of education which influenced the individual and social life and made oneself realize that the human body, material enjoyments, objects of Nature were transitory and belonged to the mundane world, while his mind, intellect and soul to that of spiritualism, as it is evidenced in the arguments of the prince, Jamali advanced to his parents.
This conception of education governed one's life and conduct, developed his personality and held the noble ideals before him.
It was a picture of education with a religious and spiritual background, but the individual and secular aspects of life were not ignored. A balance was maintained to make an individual a worthy member of the society within the purview of its principles.
Educational System :
The BhS presents an account of a system of education, learning, literature, different branches of science and arts which were studied and cultivated by the people of its period.
It throws a welcome light upon the evolution of different types of educational institutions, the life of the students and teachers, the subjects of study, the development of literatures and the progress of science and arts.
The production of this very voluminous canonical work itself sufficiently testifies to the linguistic and literary development of a remarkable system of education at its age.
Primary Education :
It appears from the text that education began with a man in his boyhood and continued throughout his life up to the last
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