04-15-2007, 10:23 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Ashok Kumar+Apr 15 2007, 12:31 PM-->QUOTE(Ashok Kumar @ Apr 15 2007, 12:31 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->The result is a paucity of info in the popular domain on Jaina tradition. There are of course many scholarly texts available.
My understanding is that there are many texts that possibly have mathematical/scientific value. Also most of the information about early Brahmi script comes from Jaina sources. Remembered a quote: "Namo bambhIye livaye" (In sanskrit: "namo brAhmyae lipyae", or salutations to the brahmi-script)
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Asok Kumar Ji, It seems like my own exact thouths put in words so nicely by you. The day, when Jain literature will be studied in full, will be the day when several of lost links of our history will come to light. I am no scholar, and yet when I read any of the Jaina text, I get this feeling.
Of all pauranik literature of Bharat - Jainas have best preserved the most accurate historic and cultural treasure of Bharat - less poetically, more scientifically. Especially on Ayurveda and Mathematics, we shall have a wealth of information from Jaina literature. Need faithful, honest, indigenous scholarly research.
I remember and love this salutation from Jaina Shastras the most: 'Om Namo VItarAgAy'
My understanding is that there are many texts that possibly have mathematical/scientific value. Also most of the information about early Brahmi script comes from Jaina sources. Remembered a quote: "Namo bambhIye livaye" (In sanskrit: "namo brAhmyae lipyae", or salutations to the brahmi-script)
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Asok Kumar Ji, It seems like my own exact thouths put in words so nicely by you. The day, when Jain literature will be studied in full, will be the day when several of lost links of our history will come to light. I am no scholar, and yet when I read any of the Jaina text, I get this feeling.
Of all pauranik literature of Bharat - Jainas have best preserved the most accurate historic and cultural treasure of Bharat - less poetically, more scientifically. Especially on Ayurveda and Mathematics, we shall have a wealth of information from Jaina literature. Need faithful, honest, indigenous scholarly research.
I remember and love this salutation from Jaina Shastras the most: 'Om Namo VItarAgAy'