The Clever Adulteress & Other Stories: A Treasury of Jain LiteraturePhyllis Emily Granoff |
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... killed , who , when asked to do so , does not walk on the measuring lines , but steps back into the same footsteps ... killed on the spot by the guards . The other one said , ' I came inside without knowing that it was wrong . Don't kill ...
... killed , who , when asked to do so , does not walk on the measuring lines , but steps back into the same footsteps ... killed on the spot by the guards . The other one said , ' I came inside without knowing that it was wrong . Don't kill ...
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... killed it . Then it tore the cobra to shreds with its teeth and killed it.19 ( 40-48 ) He who had been the mongoose that was killed by the hyena was reborn as a rohita fish in a pool of the river Siprā ( which runs through Ujjayinī ) ...
... killed it . Then it tore the cobra to shreds with its teeth and killed it.19 ( 40-48 ) He who had been the mongoose that was killed by the hyena was reborn as a rohita fish in a pool of the river Siprā ( which runs through Ujjayinī ) ...
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... killed at night by the men . She was thrown into a pit , but she came out of it , pretending that she needs must attend to bodily matters . She gave birth , and , frightened for her son , set him free in a grove . She was led back to ...
... killed at night by the men . She was thrown into a pit , but she came out of it , pretending that she needs must attend to bodily matters . She gave birth , and , frightened for her son , set him free in a grove . She was led back to ...
Contents
Stories from the Avasyaka commentaries Nalini Balbir | 17 |
Stories from the later didactic story collections | 75 |
Friedhelm Hardy | 118 |
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The Clever Adulteress and Other Stories: A Treasury of Jaina Literature Phyllis Granoff Limited preview - 1993 |
The Clever Adulteress & Other Stories: A Treasury of Jain Literature Phyllis Emily Granoff No preview available - 1990 |
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