Study of Jainism

Author(s): T G Kalghatgi
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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Tirthankara Rşabhadeva
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objects The mother of Vasudeva sees seven objects and the mother of Baladeva sees four and the mother of Mandalika sees
one. 22
Psychology in the present day is an empirical science. It analyses the contents of the minds and is backward-looking in its interpretation. The Psycho-analysis of Freud unearthed the dungland of the unconscious and tried to find the roots of the mental see in the repressed wishes in the Unconscious mostly sexual in nature struggling to come up the conscious level atleast during sleep, very often in a disguised form.
The Jaina thinkers were aware of the Unconscious although a clear scientific formulation was not possible on the basis of experimental investigation. The Nandi sūtra 23 gives a picture of the Unconscious in the Mallaka Dșştanta, example of the earthen pot.
Prophetic dreams are a fact. They do present a problem to the empirical psychologists of today. Depth psychology has no access for the solution of these problems. A re-orientation of our outlook towards the study of dreams is necessary, and faith in ancient lore of dreams would perhaps help us.
2) The Son was born to Nabhi and Marudevi. Graphic description of the birth of a resplendent son is to be found in the S'vetambara and Digambara cononical literature. 24 He was born on the 8th day of the (Aștami) Krişna Pakşa of the Caitra month according to the Svetambara texts. Ācarya Jinasena says that he was born on the 9th of the Krisna Paksa (Navami). 25 There was rejoining in the whole kingdom and the heavenly deities including Devendra celebratee the birth of the tirthankara. The Bhagavata Purana mentions that the child was called Rşabha because he was full of splendour and strength like the bull. 26 Indra named his Rşabhadeva because the boy was beautiful, strong, and resplendent.27 He was called Prajapati because he was the Chief of the subjects. He was called Hiranyagarbha because Indra showered the rain of gold. He was also called Visva karma and Vidhata. 28 His family was named Ikşwaku, because, for the first time according to