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THE WORLD OF JAINISM
a result the centre of Jainism shifted from Bihar to Gujarat and the second Jaina Council was held at Valabhı, in Gujarat, in 454 AD.
Jainas form the richest community in India today They are prosperous as marchants and traders and their temples display their affluence Jaina monks have helped to develop languages like Ardhamagadhi which was the language spoken by Mahavira The monks in the South influenced the develop ment of Kannada literature Jainism seived as a source of inspiration to the development of jaina art and architecture in India Mount Abu, Palitana, and Shravana Belgola are the best examples of Jaina art and culture
1 Rihlys Davids, T W, Buddhist India (Delhi, 1970), p 111 2 Barua B, A History of Pre-Buddhistic Indian Philosophy (Calcutta,
1921), p 192
Basham A L, The Arvikas (London, 1951) p 11 4 Barua, B , op cit, p 372 5 Basham, op cit, p 30 6 Ibid , p 59 7 Morris R Ed, Anguttara Nikaya (London, 1885-1900) Vol I, pp 286
287, 331 8 Stevenson, Mrs Sinclair, The Heart of Jainisim, (New Delhi, 1970),
p 50 9 Jacobi, H Tr, Sacred Books of the East (SBE) Vol XXII, Pt I
(Delhi, 1968), Kalpa Sutra pp 281-285 10 Ibid, pp 276-179 11 Ibid, pp 271-275 12 'Stevenson, op cit, p 49 13 Kalpa Sutra, SBE XXII, pt I, pp 231-238 14 'Ibid, p 247 15 Ibid, p 255, Akaranga Sutra, SBE, XXII, pt I, p 192 16 Kalpa Sutra, SB.E, XXII, Pt. I, pp 260-261 17 Ibid , p 264 18 Ibid , p 266 19 Stevenson, op cit, pp 12-13 20 Ibhd , p 17.
