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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s1.t2.4

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s1.t2.4

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c13.s1.t2.4

In Jain texts Bambhī occupies the first and fundamental place in the enumeration of the eighteen livis to which homage is paid in the beginning of the Bhagavai.¹⁷ According to the Samavāyāṅga, Bāmblī livi comprises forty six māyakkharas (mātrkāsaras) or the original letters excluding four liquid vowels, viz. Ṛ (ऋ), Ṝ (ॠ), ḷ (ऌ), Ḹ (ॡ), and L (ळ).¹⁸

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