A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c8.275

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c8.275

The second type acquires poison by practising a penance or so. It includes the five-organed *tiryacs*, human beings and gods up to those of Sahasrāra, so long as these gods are *aparyāpta*. These beings kill others by cursing them. This act is tantamount to a serpent’s bite etc.¹

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