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These are essentially of the nature of sermons and gospels with the advisor or narrator commencing thus: “So I have heard!” Besides these angas there are other forms of scriptural wisdom classified as Upāngas, Chedas, Mūla-sütras and Prakīrņakas. The Ācārānga-sūtra is hailed as the most sacred and important of all these. The Jaina scriptures are composed, originally, in Prakrit - the language of the common man in those times during the advent of Lord Mahāvīra. Translations of these scriptures and summarised versions in various Indian languages are widely available.
The essential feature of the Jaina philosophy is that it can be considered as monistic realism, dualistic realism, and also pluralistic realism. Jainism adopts the Anekāntavāda (multi-fold viewpoints) ultimately advocating Samanvayavāda that is reconciliation, unity in diversity and variety in unity.
The Research Foundation for Jainology, Madras, organised last week a one-day seminar on “Jaina Philosophy' & 'Jaina Religion' at the Department of Jainology, University of Madras as also a function at C. U. Shah Bhavan, Vepery, Madras, where the book in Hindi Jinavāņi Ke Moti (a collection of representative aphorisms from the Jaina canonical literature) authored by Shri Dulichand Jain was released by Madras High Court Judge Shri P. S. Mishra
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