EMPOWERING SANTHARA THROUGH LAW [Part 3]

NAYAN JAIN AND HARSHITA TOMAR

HIDAYATULLAH NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, RAIPUR

(First Published on Volume 01 Issue 03, November 2016)

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1.1.                 Santhara is not Euthanasia

The most imperative recognizing highlight between Santhara and willful extermination is that, euthanasia is mainly motivated by physical reasons i.e. to dispose of the physical agony and enduring. Unexpectedly, the fundamental reason for Santhara is otherworldly i.e. the cleansing of soul.

EMPOWERING SANTHARA THROUGH LAW [Part 2]

NAYAN JAIN AND HARSHITA TOMAR

HIDAYATULLAH NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, RAIPUR

(First Published on Volume 01 Issue 03, November 2016)

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PROCEDURE TO PERFORM SANTHARA

Acaramga is the first set of discourses of Mahavira whose history can be traced back 2500 years prior. It is the principal ordinance of Jains, similar to Vedas of Hindus, Bible of Christians, Quran of Muslims and so on. It expresses that:

EMPOWERING SANTHARA THROUGH LAW [Part 1]

NAYAN JAIN AND HARSHITA TOMAR

HIDAYATULLAH NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, RAIPUR

(First Published on Volume 01 Issue 03, November 2016)

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ABSTRACT

May death be Auspicious!

-Acarya Vidhyananda Muni^[1]

History of Jainism can be traced back to 2,500 years ago and it still prevails in India. It is mainly represented by nonviolence (ahimsa). Jainism proscribes violence against all living things. It necessitates mendicants as well as laymen to be veracious vegetarians. The practice of fasting unto death i.e., santhara is celebrated as pious-ritual in Jainism though they are strictly against violence.