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OUTLINES OF JAINISM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS C. F. CLAY, Manager ILontion: fetter lane, e.c. IHtunburgi) : 100 princes street iltti) govk : G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 5<jmbny. Calcutta, mb ,ffia&r>t6; MACMILLAN AND CO., Lti>. Toronto : J. m. DENT AND SONS, Ltd. ^okyo : THE MARUZEN-KABUSHIKI-KAISHA .4// rights reserved Jain literature Society OUTLINES OF JAINISM JAGMANDERLAL JAIN I. M.A. IiARRISTF.R-AT-I.AW. JUDGE THK HIGH COTJBT OF OF JUDICATURK, INBOKF. STATK ; I-HESiDENT OF THK ALL INDIA JAINA ASSOCIATION; LATK F.DITOR OF THK " JAINA GAZETTE"; AUTHOR OF "ROMAN LAW". THE LIBRARY LOS AMi^L*'" Edited {with PRELIMINARY NOTE) hy F. W. THOMAS Cambridge : at the University Press 1916 : JAIN LITERATURE SOCIETY WORKS IN PREPARATION 1. The SYADVADA-MANJAEI of Malli-shena: English translation by Dr. N. D. Mironow, of the University of Petrograd. 2. The SADDARSANA-SAMUCCAYA of Hari-bhadra Suri English translation b}' Professor L. Suali, of the University of Pavia. DEDICATED WITH PROFOUND RESPECT TO H.H. MAHARAJADHIRAJA RAJA RAJESHWARA SAWAI TUKOJI RAO HOLEAR BAHADUR. MARATHA, OF INDORE, BY HIS DEVOTED SERVANT 5570 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Preliminary Note by F. W. Thomas ix Preface ...... Bibliographical Note Introduction and History 1-6 Outlines—Chapter I : Theology Table facing page 6 ,, ,, II : Metaphysics 7-GG Table facing page 36 „ „ III : Ethics . 67-73 ,, ,, IV : Ritual 74-76 Texts — Chapter I : Theology .... 77~81 II: Metaphysics . 82-111 Appendix I : Jain Logic .... 112-11H ,, II: Cosmogony, Cosmology, Astronomy 119-125 ,, III : Sixty-three Great Persons, etc. 126~12K IV: 143 Qualities, etc., of Saintly Souls. 129-134 ,, V: The Ancient Jaina Sacred. Literature 185-146 Index 147 156 STEPHEN AUSTIN AND SONS, LTD. PRINTERS, HERTFORD. PRELIMINARY NOTE The fact of Jainism cannot have been unknown even to the earliest European students of it is more than once mentioned Sanskrit ; indeed, by Sir William Jones himself. But the con- temporary existence of the monuments, litera- ture, and adherents of the religion seems to have been first brought to light by those two in- defatigable pioneers of Indian research, Colonel Colin Mackenzie and Dr. Buchanan-Hamilton : it was not long before its main tenets were expounded by Colebrooke, whose library of Sanskrit MSS. comprised a fair number of Jaina texts. The full exploration of the canonical literature and the determination of the true chronology were reserved for a later generation of scholars, among whom the greatest merit belongs to Professors Weber, Jacobi, Leumann, and Dr. Hoernle as regards the former task, and to Professors Btihler and Jacobi as regards the latter. In all systematic accounts of Indian literature and religion the Jaina doctrine present has necessarily found a place ; but the X PRELIMINARY NOTE position of studies in relation thereto should be viewed in the light of Professor Jacobi's articles in the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics. The present volume of Outlines is issued by the Jain Literature Society in advance of a series designed to consist principally, but not exclusively, of translations from authoritative texts. We are not, indeed, without convenient manuals in English treating of the subject, such as Dr. J. Burgess' edition of Blihler's On the Indian Sect of the Jainas (London, 1903). Mr. A. B. Latthe's An Introduction to Jainism (Bombay, 1905), Mr. U. D. Barodia's Histomj and Literature of Jainism (Bombay,. 1909), Mr. Hirachand Liladhar Jhaveri's First Prin- ciples of Jaina Philosophy (London, 1910), and Mr. H. Warren's Jainism (Madras, 1912) ; to which there has recently been added the substantial treatise of Mrs. Sinclair Stevenson (The Heart of Jainism, Oxford and London, 1915, following upon the same author's Notes on Modern Jainism, Oxford and Surat, 1910) : but there is still, we think, room for a work like the present, furnishing' in a moderate compass a thorough exposition of the system and its terminology ; while the Texts (in several cases I >igambara) which follow the Outlines will be PRELIMINARY NOTE XI found, if we are not mistaken, an interesting and valuable feature. It will be seen that the author, though his aim is not propaganda, does not conceal his personal adherence to the Jaina faith ; and he is, in fact, an influential member of the lay community. In the case of a doctrine which is also a religion there seems to be an advantage in a treatment by one who is in a position to appreciate practically the several and relative values of the different parts. Mr. Jaini has generously placed his work at the disposal of the Jain Literature Society, to which he has further entrusted the task of editing" it. While performing this duty according to our lights (and with a view to readers in the west as well as in India), we have not modified Mr. Jaini's text to the extent of impairing his full responsibility for the arrangement, the matter, and . the form. On p. 8 it should perhaps have been more explicitly stated that the souls in air. water, fire, etc.. have for bodies the parts of these elements. The Index is the work of Mr. H. Warren. F. W. THOMAS, Preside.nt of the Jam Literature Social y. PKEFACE Contact between the East and the West is of a comparatively recent date : but it has already borne fruit. The East has shed its merely contemplative mood, while the West has outlived its merely materialistic tendencies. There is indeed a general willingness to exchange ideas, whereby the whole of humanity is benefiting. About a century and a half ago there arose in Europe a great desire to explore the buried and current treasures of the East. Among the religions of Indian origin Brahmanism, or Hinduism, was the first to attract attention, but Buddhism soon followed. Jainism, which came last, made its advent in unfavourable circum- stances. The Jainas of India were ignorant of the west and of western methods of study. Worse than this, they were religiously averse to letting non-Jainas read, or even see or touch, their sacred books. In consequence Jainism was misunderstood and misrepresented. Its tradition and teachings suffered from the scholar's partiality for his older and accustomed studies in Brahmanism and Buddhism. But. by the labours PREFACE of men like Weber, Blihler, Jacobi, Hoernle, and others, the credibility of its tradition has been established, and it has been accorded the recognition due to its antiquity and importance. There are also evidences of a more general interest in Jainism as a practical religion. Many persons—Europeans and others —have asked for a small and reliable book on the subject, and not being aware of any work which precisely answers the requirements, I have ventured to put together these Outlines, addressed to a public in India and Europe. The vastness of the subject may help to excuse the inadequacy, of which I am fully conscious. The Outlines were sketched in England in 1908 9, for the purpose of conveying to Brother H. Warren wr hat little I knew of Jainism. Mr. Warren typed his notes, which helped me considerably in preparing the English portion of the book. My friend Brother Jaina-bhushana Brahmachari Sital Pershadji, of Bombay, helped me to select the original texts at Allahabad in 1913. In the same year in London Dr. F. W. Thomas, of the India Office Library and President of the Jaina Literature Society, London, most kindly undertook to help me with the publication of the book. For the labour which he has THE FACE bestowed upon the revision of the manuscript, and upon the arrangements for printing and publication, I now beg to tender my cordial thanks. Without the help of these three friends. Dr. F. W. Thomas, Brothers Sital Pershad and Warren, it would have been impossible for the book to have seen the light. Last but not least, I must express my heartfelt obligation to His Highness Maharajadhiraj Raja Rajeshwara Sawai Shrl Tukojl Rao Holkar Bahadur. Chief of the Native State of Indore in Central India, for his gracious permission to dedicate the book to him. In this connexion, I must thank also my friends, Rai Bahadur Mr. Seraymal Bapna, B.A., B.Sc. LL.B., Home Minister, and Rai Bahadur Major Ram Prasad Dube, M.A.. B.Sc, LL.B., Revenue Minister, both of Indore State, for reading through the manuscript in London in 1913, before His Hig'lmess the Maharaja Holkar accepted the dedication. In conclusion, I must confess that the book is a very humble attempt to give a brief but accurate and authoritative sketch of Jainism. I am convinced that in its spirit and essentia! doctrines Jainism has that in it which satisfies the deepest and the most varied wants— mental PREFACE and spiritual—of the men and women of our age; and if these Outlines should lead any of them to an understanding of the message and inspiration of Jainism, I shall be amply rewarded. JAGMANDERLAL JAINI. Sadak Court, Indork. October, 1915. — — - — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Two works by M A. Guerinot enable us to dispense with a special bibliography ; these are Essaide Bibliographic Jaina (in Annales clu Musee Guimet, Bibliotheque d'Etudes, tome xxii). Paris, 1906. Repertoire d'Epigraphie Jaina (Publications de l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient, vol. x). Paris, 1908. Some more recent works in English are named in the Preliminary Note, and we may add— Life o/Malidvlra, by Manik-chand Jaini. Allahabad, 1908. The Antagada-dasdo and Anuttarovavdiya-dasao, trans- lated from the Prakrit by Prof. L. D. Barnett (Oriental Translation Fund, New Series, vol. xvii). London, 1907. Also, from Germany Die Lehre vom Karman in der Philosophie der Jainas, by Helmuth von Glasenapp.