The Clever Adulteress & Other Stories: A Treasury of Jain LiteraturePhyllis Emily Granoff |
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... kings . The neighboring kings had told the elephant - driver , ' Kill this elephant or bring it to us . ' The king told them to do so , but they too refused . They followed the path opened by Kṣullakakumāra and entered the religious ...
... kings . The neighboring kings had told the elephant - driver , ' Kill this elephant or bring it to us . ' The king told them to do so , but they too refused . They followed the path opened by Kṣullakakumāra and entered the religious ...
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... king Nanda . Instantly that king was shot by the cluster of arrows of the angry Kamadeva . 23. After looking with a concentrated mind at her lotus - like face , that king began to act wildly , like an intoxicated elephant , right there ...
... king Nanda . Instantly that king was shot by the cluster of arrows of the angry Kamadeva . 23. After looking with a concentrated mind at her lotus - like face , that king began to act wildly , like an intoxicated elephant , right there ...
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... king , like Indra , the King of the Gods , enjoying himself with every imaginable pleasure , and giving to people four times what they had wanted . He asked one man , " No one in this city does anything to make money , not trade nor any ...
... king , like Indra , the King of the Gods , enjoying himself with every imaginable pleasure , and giving to people four times what they had wanted . He asked one man , " No one in this city does anything to make money , not trade nor any ...
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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