Yasodara Kaviyam
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🦚🦌 Yasodhara Kavyam - Peacock and Deer!
A story that proves non-violence = elevation!🎯
🔑 Important information - Easy Table
| 📖 Teacher | wanted |
|---|---|
| 📅 Period | AD 10th century |
| 🛕 time | Jainism |
| 📚 Sections | 5 Saruka |
| 📝 Songs | 325 songs |
| 🎭 Protagonist | Yasodaran |
| 💡 Special | Teaching non-violence |
📊 5 items
| 1. Antenatal care |
| 2. Disgusting |
| 3. Maridatta Sarukam |
| 4. Yasodhara Sarukam |
| 5. King Sarukam |
📖 Wanted - Author Information
- Vendar was a Jain scholar
- He wrote Jain philosophy in poetic form
- He stressed the importance of non-violence
📖 Yasodhara Kavyam - Synopsis
Peacock and deer - benefit of killing!
⚔️ Previous Birth - Horrific Story
🦚 Peacock and 🦌 Deer:
- A king killed a peacock and a deer while hunting
- The peacock and the deer were reborn as the king's wives
- They waited for revenge
👑 Story of Yasodaran
🎯Story:
- Yasodaran- King of Avanti
- He had two wives (Peacock and Deer in earlier births).
- They killed Yasodhara's father (the previous killer).
- They felt the effect of the sin of murder
🏆Conclusion:
- Everyone embraced Jainism
- Lived in non-violence and achieved salvation
💡 The purpose of the story
⚔️The sin of murder = the suffering of many births!
🙏Non-violence = Salvation!
📜 Yasodhara Kavyam - Special Songs
🙏 Song of non-violence
Kollan is a fire retardant Kolwar is a life saver
The country is called Nallan
Meaning:He who does not kill, He who does not eat grass, He who prevents the action of Kolwar - He is good!
📊 Key principles
| murder | Greatest sin |
| Non-violence | The best virtue |
| karma | The sin will continue |
| Salvation | It can be reached through Jainism |
🦚🦌 மயிலும் மானும் - சின்னம்
🎯 Peacock and deer - hunted and killed
🎯 அவை மறுபிறவியில் பழி தீர்த்தன
🎯Lesson:The consequences of the sin of murder cannot be avoided!
🎯 TNPSC Important Questions
📝 Critical Questions (MCQ)
1. Who is the author of Yasodhara Kavya?
A) Tirukkadeva B) Vendanar C) Ilangovadis D) Seethalai Chatanar
✅ Answer: B) Wanted
2. How many verses are there in Yasodhara Kavya?
A) 3 B) 5 C) 7 D) 10
Answer: B) 5
3. How many songs are there in Yasodhara Kavya?
A) 200 B) 275 C) 325 D) 400
✅ Answer: C) 325
4. Yasodhara Kavyam is a copy of which religion?
A) Buddhism B) Jainism C) Saivism D) Vaishnavism
✅ Answer: B) Jainism
5. What does Yasodhara Kavya teach?
A) Valor B) Love C) Nonviolence D) Wealth
✅ Answer: C) Non-violence
🧠 Master Shortcuts
| Teacher | wanted |
| time | Jainism |
| Goods | 5 |
| Songs | 325 |
| Teaching | Non-violence |
⚡ Quick Memory Tips
🎯"யசோதர = வேந்தனார் = 5 சருக்கம் = 325 பாடல் = அகிம்சை"
🎯"மயிலும் மானும் = கொலை பழி = யசோதர காவியம்"
🦚🦌"Yazo = 5 = 325"Remember that!