Jaina System of Knowledge Management A Comparative Study with Modern Knowledge Management System

Abstract

Modern definitions of data, information and knowledge explain them in these words, “ and Data
are unorganised and unprocessed fact.Information means shaping the data to arrive at a meaning
in the eyes of the perceiver.Knowledge is human understanding of information based on its
perceived importance or relevance to a problem area.” The author was able to find a sililar path
of guidelines in Jaina Knowledge Management system and modern management system. Origin
of Jaina KMS is at least 2500 years back while modern KMS is in its infancy stage yet. A
comparative analysis of top attributes of both the KMS – one ancient and one modern, has been
done in this study. Architecture in Jain literature and user Training in Jaina Agamic System has
been studied. In Jaina KMS निक्षेप, प्रमाण and ज्ञाि etc. are the tools to know anything.Jain
community has been treated as The Knowledge Organisation. Knowledge Creation and
Knowledge Post system evaluation of the knowledge in Jainism is kaiwalya (Self realisation
after gaining all the knowledge). According to Awad and Ghaziri, Knowledge Management
system is developed to gather, organize, refine and distribute knowledge. This process takes
place in Jaina Knowledge Management System through ‘स्वाध्याय, वाचिा,पच्ृछिा,अिुप्रेक्षा, धमम
कथा etc. The comparison has been done by quoting modern management scholars and ancient
Jaina scriptures like Uttradhyayan Sutra and Nandi Sutra. All the members of Jain Community
have been treated as members of an organisation.In fact the whole coomunity is treated as an
organisation.Then the theory of modern knowledge management system has been tested on Jain
treasure of knowledge to verify that a sound knowledge management system used to exist and
still exists in Jain community, which has helped in safety and security of the knowledge in its
dispersion to other followers