Vastu-shastra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s2.6
Vāstu-śāstra (Vol. I: Hindu Science of Architecture; Vol. II: Hindu Canons of Iconography and Painting) v2.c75.s2.6
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v2.c75.s2.6
It is in the realm of their ethics that foundation of temples and worship of the Saints come and that is what is directly related to our subject. The ethical organisation of the Jainas like that of the Buddhists, prescribes a code of religious conduct both for the Monks and the Laity—vide the five-fold vow (practically the same as we have in our Yoga-Darśana—ahim̄sā, asteya etc.). The Monks are Yatis, the Laity, the Śrāvakas. The former can do away with worship, the latter are enjoined as a rule, to visit a temple and pay their homage to the Tīrthaṅkaras by worshipping them.