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Uttarajjhayana 23.32

Uttarajjhayaṇa 23.32

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Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit

23.32

paccayatthaṃ ca logassa nānāvihavigappaṇaṃ |
jattatthaṃ gahaṇatthaṃ ca loge liṃgappaoyaṇaṃ ||

"The various outward marks (of religious men) have been introduced in order that people might recognise them as such; the reason for the characteristic marks is their usefulness for religious life and their distinguishing character.

Hermann Jacobi 1895, Uttarâdhyayana Sûtra (Gaina Sûtras II, SBE 45)

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