Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s2.t1.18
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s2.t1.18
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They are also called as Vainayikas or Aviruddhas¹³³ They do not accept external rules of ceremony, but uphold the supremacy of reverence as the cardinal virtue leading to perfection¹³⁴ The upholders of this faith paid equal reverence to god, king, monk, elephant, horse, cow, buffalo, goat, jackal, crow, crane, crocodile and others¹³⁵ By paying reverence to god or master, ascetic, man, and aged persons, inferiors, mother or father by body, mind, speech and gifts, the school is divided into thirty two (8 x 4) divisions¹³⁶