Category: Jain Stories

Transitive Elements of Music in Jaina Works A.P.Jain Abstract Indian Musicology is a much neglected field. Scientific workers in this branch knowledge have been few. Scientific view point in music and acoustics is not new in our country, though it has been sadly neglected. Our ancient Jain scholars like Parsvadeva and Sudha Kalasa had extraordinary...

Jaina Image of Saraswati in The Luck Now Museum There is a multilated image of goddess Saraswati (J.24) in the povincial museum, Lucknow. It was found in 1889 near the eastern temple of the well-known Kankalf mound and measures 1’9-1/2", the goddess is sitting squatted on a rectangular pedestal with knees up. Her head is...

Digambara Jainism In Karnataka I.K. Sarma Director,Archaeological Survey of India In this article the author discusses the development of Digambara Jainism in Gangavadi in Karnataka State and traces the archaeological sources connected with the developments. Jainism in Karnataka was essentially based on the cardinal principles anekanta, ahimsa and aparigraha. Devout and erudite Jaina acaryas through...

Ganadhar Sudharmaswami Short Inspiring Jain Story on Ganadhar Sudharmaswami Sudharmaswami was the fifth Ganadhar of Lord Mahaveera. Ganadhar means a group leader. Lord Mahaveera had many pupils. They were divided into 11 groups and each of them was placed under one Ganadhar. As such, there were 11 Ganadhars in all. The first and foremost was…

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Umaswami-A Saint Of Kunda Kunda Lineage T. V. G. Sastri Umaswami was the earliest Digambara saint that had committed to writing in samskrit, a systematic legal basis, for Jaina religious thought. He was a non-controversial and accepted authority even by Svetambaras in spite of their basic religious differences with Digambaras. He was variously named as...

Contribution Of Jainism To Indian Art K.D. Bajpai The author deals with the infrastructural material of Jaina origin that helped the growth of the traditional art of India, He cites references Jo the subtle norms of Jainism that initiated the visible and performing arts.Aesthatic norms especially in sculpture, architecture and temple art were demonstrated from...

Introduction To The Iconography Of Jain Tirthankaras T.V.G. Sastri  Emergence of Jainism and Contemporary Religions Jain religion may be said to have emerged following the rejection of the existing Aryan traditions and the authority of the Vedas. Consequently, the Jains have replaced the Vedas by their own literature in the form of Agamas and Sutras....

On Nature Of The Sun And The Moon As Mentioned In Twentieth Pahuda Of Surya Pannattt (Prajnaptt) S. S. Lishk Surya Pannatti, (Prajnapti) a Prakrit text, is fifth upanga (sub-limb) of Jaina canon of sacred literature, the present recension of which is said to have been re-dacted by the council of Valabhi in about fifth/sixth...

Subject Matter Of The Labdhisara L.C. Jain The author of the text, Nemichandra Siddhantacakravarti (981 A.D.) compiled the Trilokasara , the Gommatasara the Labdhisara and the Ksapanasara late in the tenth cen¬tury and in the beginning of the eleventh century A.D. Some more details about the title works of Nemicandra can be seen in the...