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India Distribution Of Jaina Population Table showing distribution of the Jaina Population (state wise in descending order)   Total Population of India (1991): 846,300,000 State/Union Territory Total Jaina Population 1981 Census Total Jaina Population 1991 Census India 3,206,038  3,352,706* Maharashtra 939,392 965,806 Rajasthan 624,317 562,806 Gujrat 467,768 491,331 Madhya Pradesh 444,960 490,324 Karnataka  297,974 326,114...

Jaina Dawn In The West Noel Q. King The saga of Western humanity's rise and fall and its life beyond the graves of the two world wars has a deep fascination and is of vital significance for the survival of all. If we were historians of plant pathology studying potato famine, we could try to...

Musik And Dance In Jainism Having come to Jainism via Theravada Buddhism, a creed that leaving aside the   monotonous chanting of the monks - permits of no music in its temples. And as in my readings about Jainism I have never come across a comprehensive evaluation of Jaina music, I concluded that there was...

Symbols, Mantras And Parables In Jainism Padukas Stone-carved pairs of feet (padukas), mostly in high relief, are one of the oldest and most common emblems worshipped by Indians in general and Jainas in particular They usually mark the spot, apart from those seen in temples, at which an ascetic of renown is believed to have...

Kindness To Animals Panjarapolas  A Jaina Panjarapola (shelter for cattle) in Panchasar, a village near Shankhesvara in Gujarat. When the cow of a Hindu has grown too old for giving milk he usually no longer feeds her but lets her roam about as she likes; under no circumstance would he kill her. To rescue these...

Bahubali-A Saint's Heritage As a holder of an academic degree of education from the university of Bombay, the late Acharya Muni Samantabhadra committed his life to educating the young The spreading of knowledge, we have seen, is a duty for the Jaina; it belongs to dana the giving of gifts. Acharya Samantabhadra, who lived half...

Dharmasthala A Unique Model Of Charity For those of us who for some reason or other have lost faith in humanity, a visit to Dharmasthala in Karnataka (see map, p. 28) should help to activate one's immunity to this kind of modern ailment. But it would have to be a stay longer as a halfday...