Janadasa, Jaṇadāsa: 1 definition
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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection IJaṇadāsa (जणदास) (or Jinadāsa) is the name of a Jain layman, according to the Vaṃkacūlacopaī by Lālacanda (dealing with the lives of Jain teachers), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—Vaṃkacūla was the head of a thief-gang who was first opposed to receive any Jain teaching. Later on, however, he accepted to observe four vows that had been given to him by a monk. Respecting them dutifully saved him from terrible misdeeds or dangers. He was assisted by the Jain layman Jinadāsa (here Jaṇadāsa) in his spiritual progress. He embodies the transformation from a bad individual to a good one. Therefore, he features in Merutuṅgasūri’s Upadeśaśata among those who were purified thanks to an atonement (see Berlin: Weber no. 1986).
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
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