The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c10.17
The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c10.17
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¹ The comm. is as wrong in deriving this word from *ratna* as is PISCHEL Gr. § 132 in tracing it from *aratni* (= "ell" as a measure for fixing the time of the day by the length of a shadow). It goes back to *rayaṇi* "night" (= "day" in the sense of "date". That is why the Mūlācāra of the Dig. in 1, 25 calls *rādi* (*rātry-adhika*) him who precedes in the spiritual rank.