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JAINA PHRASEOLOGY IN THE BHAGAVADGITĀ : 123
Some time back the reformist Jaina monk, Muni Sri Santabala, wrote on Jaina thought in the Gită. My contribution strikes a different note.
I have detected even semetism in the Gitā as for instance, in verse 7 of the ninth Discourse : Huarat artă afat HIATA, I peretet पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् ।।
A little known fact may be mentioned here. Al Beruni, the Arab traveller who visited India in about 1031 A. D. and who was a good Sanskritist, mentions in his Account of India some verses of the Bhagavadgita which are not found in the text now extant.
I have referred in this brief article to some common terms bearing almost identical meanings in the Gita and the Jaina Sūtras. A close study of Buddhist texts reveals the same identity. The late Prof. H. Jacobi was the first to point out the identity by citing the use of the term trea by the two sects, Jainas and Buddhists. This was done more than a generation ago. I was able to notice a repetition of the same experience in the last of the three lectures which were delivered in the last week of January, 1967, under the auspices of the M. S. University of Baroda by Prof. Prahlad Pradhan of the Utkal university, Bhuvaneshwar. The subjects of the three addresses were : (1) असंग and महायानसूत्रालंकार, (2) T agay and feutafa's commentary on it, and (3) 37f2HITTA1024.
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