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Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s17.23

Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v1.c5.s17.23

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v1.c5.s17.23

Damṭukkhaliya (Danṭolukhalika) A class of Vanaprastha ascetics¹ Abhayadeva explains them as living on fruits² But really they should be a type of ascetics who used to eat whole and unground grain as mentioned in the Manusmṛti³ using their teeth as mortar