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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Vyavahārasuddhacaupaī (व्यवहारसुद्धचौपई) is the name of a work by Samayasundara dealing with the lives of Jain teachers.—The Vyavahārasuddhacaupaī (in Gujarati) 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.—The Vyavahārasuddhacaupaī was composed in VS 1696 (= 1639 CE) in Ahmedabad, as indicated at the end. A fairly long preamble deals with the 21 layman’s qualities and the qualities of ethical business (vyavahāra-śuddhi), which means not lying, not cheating, being accurate, etc. Then this is illustrated by the story of Dhanadatta. [...] All the characters of this interesting story, Dhanadatta but also his friends and his wife who features as an extremely pious laywoman, illustrate perfect honesty in dealing with wealth. the author often states that ethical business is the main quality of a Jain layman.

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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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Partial matches: Caupai, Vyavaharashuddha.

Full-text: Vyavaharashuddha, Ethical business, Vyavaharashuddhi, Vyavahara, Samayasundara, Dhanadatta, Bijora, Dhanadeva.

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