Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c14.s4.62

c14.s4.62

"Let the venerable Saṃgha hear me. This Bhikkhu Uvâla, being examined in the midst of the Saṃgha with an offence, when he has Senasaṃgha and Siṃhasaṃgha, among whom the differences turn on trivial points.¹ Later came a totally different sect, that of the Sthânakavûsins or Ḍhuṇḍhiyâs, altogether more rational than the others and sternly opposed to idol worship. In their contempt of the petty splendours of this world and in their emphasis on the sovereign importance of release from Karma, the Jainas surpass the Brâhmaṇas and Buddhists. The number of monks and ascetics in their ranks has always been large. But Jainism is, on