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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!

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