Akbar and his first step to Jainism

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brownprincess25

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Posted: 12 years ago

Akbar looking at Champa, a shravika (follower of Jainism) led to him inviting her Guru, Acharya Hiravijaya to Fatehpur Sikri for a discussion on Jainism. In result, Akbar was astonished and loved the non-violence nature of the religion. So, he banned slaughter of meat on Jain holidays, and some people say in Gujarat Akbar banned meat for 6 months every year (since this relates to Champa's 6 month fast). Basically, he took drastic measures with vegetarianism which also was practiced by other religions too in India.

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*Picture below, after this post, is when Akbar tested her 6 month fast since he did not believe her at first.

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Posted: 12 years ago

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brownprincess25

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Posted: 12 years ago

It's Champa, after her 6 month fast and Akbar saw and wanted to know why this procession. She told him I fasted for six months and he didn't believe it, so she stayed at his palace to show him. He was amazed and then she introduced her Guru to him, and Jainism came in his life.

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Posted: 12 years ago

There was a ruling a few years back by the Supreme Court Of India in which Akbar was mentioned in this context. The honored judge wrote that Akbar after conquering Gujarat gave up eating meat as he wanted to honor the religious traditions of the Hindus and Jains.