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History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c21.s2.47

History and Doctrines of the Ājīvikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c21.s2.47

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c21.s2.47

4. The regular use of the present tense with future meaning. This Barua deduces from a single phrase placed in the mouth of Upaka in the commentary to the Sutta Nipāta, sace Chāvaṃ labhāmi jīvāmi, no ce marāmi⁴ (If I win Chāvā I shall live, if not I shall die).