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The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c10.10

The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c10.10

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c10.10

³ *samaṇa* and *māhaṇa* in connexion with individuals in want of help to whom the monk gives precedence—comp. gloss. on Āyār. I and the *vaṇimaga* of 5 kinds Ṭhāṇ. 341b—probably apply to non-Jain beggars. But a *tahā-rūva*, i.e. obviously distinguishable as such, *samaṇe vā māhaṇe vā* is, in this connexion (Viy. 140b, 289a, 373a), a *niggantha*.

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