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Brahmanical Definition
both by precepts and examples, the performance of yajña, Dana and Tapas as well as other acts of moral and ethical values. Thus the above characteristic of the Jaina definition reflects the same spirit with which the Brahmanical works have already been imbued
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66 The Puranas, especially the MP and the TSPC, enjoin the observance of various jajñas which are clearly modelled on those prescribed in the Brahmanical scriptures These yajñas include interalia, Agnihotras, and other fire rituals See chapter IV (infra)
67 In praise of Dana (charity and gift) the Jaina Puranas do not lag behind their Brahmanical counterparts These works, of course, never feel tired of describing the miraculous effects of the meritorious gifts offered to the deserving person We are told that such type of Dana leads the giver not only to heavenly abode but also to the attainment of final beatific state But the proper person, according to these works, is only a Jaina monk See chapter VIII
