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21. Ibid, p. 121, n. 2 22. Ibid, p. 128 23. Jacobi, Jaina Sūtras, Pt. I, SBE, vol. xxii, p. 120. That religious suicide
was enjoined by Pārsva becomes evident from that not ony Pārsvanātha himself but also Mahāviras parents who belonged to Pārsvas order
committed it. Cf. Jaina Sūtras, Pt. I, p. 420. 24. Ibid. 25. Professor Jacobi also suggests that threre might have been some decay
of morals in the order of Pārsvanātha : Jaina Sūtras, Pt. II, SBE., Vol. xlv p. 122, n. 3. But the ground he adduces appears to be doubtful . A passage of the Uttarādhyāya Sūtra runs thus : Gautama replied to Kesi - The first saints were simple but slow of understanding, the last saints prevaricating and slow of understanding, those between the two simple and wise, hence there are two forms of the law. Jacobi also remarks in this connection: the argumentation in the text presupposes a decay of morals of the monastic order to have occured between Pārśva and Mahāvīra. But the passage in question does notseem to refer to any such decay of morals definitely. It rather appears to refer to the fact that the religion at first was in its pristine simplicity but with Māhāvīra who introduced a complex metaphysical system that simplicity ceased. The first saints were sloo of understanding and thus unable to introduce that
philosophical system but Mahāvīra was not of that type. 26. Jacobi, Jaina Sūtras, Pt. I, SBE, vol. xxii. 27. Leśyā, the totalittyy oof KKaarma done by a man gives a transcendental
colour, a kind of complexion to the soul. It cannot be perceived by our eyes. These colours are six in number, viz., krsna-leşyā, nīla-leşyā, kāpata-lesyā, tejo-leśyā, śukla-leśyā. The first three belong to decidedly bad characters and the last three to good ones. Cf. Stevenson, Heart of
Jainism, pp. 102-104. 28. Chalābhajātis: manking ean be divided into six classes - blacks blue,
red, yellow, white and supremely white. The Jainas belong to the red class wehreas the followers of Makkhali belonged to the white and those of Nanda Vacca and Kisa Sankiccha to the supremely white class. Cf.
Dr. B.M. Barua, The Ajivikas (Calcutta University). 29. Ācārānga Sūtra, PTS, II, p. 15; Dr. B.M. Barua, The Pre-Buddhistic
Indian Philosophy, p. 303. 30. Dr. B.M. Baruna, The Ajivikas. 31. Jacobi, Jaina Sūtras, Pt. II, SBE., vol. xlv, p. 121 32. Ibid, p. 121, n. 2 33. Ibid, p. 122 34. Ibid, p. 123
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