The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c10.s12.5

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c10.s12.5

Śākya the Buddha is even alleged to have lived the life of a Jaina *muṇi* (ascetic) at a preparatory stage of his spiritual career. Nay, there is a tradition that Śākya was actually ordained as Muṇi Buddhakīrti by the Jaina saint Pihitaśrava.⁴

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