Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.14

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The Jainas may be pointed as the only pre-Buddhistic religious order which had a monastic system and a code, which has come down to us in the form of the *Ācāraṅga-sūtra*. This work contains rules adapted to the ethical principles of the Jainas. It is not improbable that the Buddhists formulated their rules partly on the lines of the Jainas, their Uposathas, Pajjusana, etc.