<!--QuoteBegin-sbajwa+Dec 1 2006, 04:28 PM-->QUOTE(sbajwa @ Dec 1 2006, 04:28 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->and Jains are not Hindus! (they are far away from the center balance of Saint and Soldier). The real Hindus are the Real Khalsa.
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Sandeep Ji,
Jains have traditionally been valiant warriors, soldiers and statesmen. All 24 teerthankars of Jains had come from Kshatriyas class. Even look at the name of the last teerthankar: 'Mahaveer' (The Great Brave one) and 'Arihant' (Destroyer of enimy). Historical Jains include Bindusaar who was a valiant warrior and great emperor. So I think it would not be correct to brand Jains as non-soldiers.
I think up until Adi Shankar's time, Jains were majority Kshatriyas. As a result of Shankar's shastrartha campaigns with Jain Munis, especially in southern and central India, majority Kshatriyas took to Vedantic Sanatanism. However the Vaishya class of Jains especially in the west (Gujarat, Saurashtra etc) continued in Jain fold, with little altered tradition. This is why I feel, today's Jains are mostly Vaishyas and Vaniks with little or no Kshatriya influence.
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Sandeep Ji,
Jains have traditionally been valiant warriors, soldiers and statesmen. All 24 teerthankars of Jains had come from Kshatriyas class. Even look at the name of the last teerthankar: 'Mahaveer' (The Great Brave one) and 'Arihant' (Destroyer of enimy). Historical Jains include Bindusaar who was a valiant warrior and great emperor. So I think it would not be correct to brand Jains as non-soldiers.
I think up until Adi Shankar's time, Jains were majority Kshatriyas. As a result of Shankar's shastrartha campaigns with Jain Munis, especially in southern and central India, majority Kshatriyas took to Vedantic Sanatanism. However the Vaishya class of Jains especially in the west (Gujarat, Saurashtra etc) continued in Jain fold, with little altered tradition. This is why I feel, today's Jains are mostly Vaishyas and Vaniks with little or no Kshatriya influence.