Jain Itihas Series 01

SR No.: 007759
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: B Benarsidass
Publisher: B Benarsidass
Publication Year: 1902
Total Pages: 98
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 3 MB

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pendent sects. In. Madhava's Shankar-Dig-Vijaya it is said that Shankar held debate not only with the Jains near Ujjain, but also with the. Buddhists at Benares. So it is also recorded in Ananda Giri's Shankar-Dig-Vijaya, and in Sadananda's ShankarVijaya Sara, Madhava in his Sarva-Darshana Sangraha, enumerates Jain Darshana as one of the sixteen Darshanas or philosophies current in the Deccan in the 34th century, as also Buddhism. Sadananda of Kashmere, in his Advaita-Brahma-Siddhi speaks of both the Jain and the Buddhist systems. It is worthy of notice that he enumerates, the four sub-divisions of the Buddhists as (1) Vaibhashika, (2) Sautrantika, (3) Yogachara and (4) Madhyamika, but he does not include the Jains among them. Madhava in his Sarva-Darshana Sangrah does the same. These four sub-divisions of the Buddhists are frequently spoken of and widely known but the Jains are never included among them. in Siddhanta Shiromani, the author separately speaks of and criticises the Jain and the Buddhist view of astronomy. Varaha-Mihira, who according to Dr. Kern and others, lived in the 6th century. A. D., makes very important references both to the Jains and the Buddhists in his Brihat-Samhita.. He tells us that the Ņagna or Jain. worship Jin while. the Sakya or the Buddhists worship Buddha.
शाक्यान सर्व हितस्य शान्तमनसो नग्नान जिनानां विदुः He adió qol)
Gentlemen, note here whạt Varaha-Mihira said in the 6th century that the objects of worship of the