The Clever Adulteress & Other Stories: A Treasury of Jain LiteraturePhyllis Emily Granoff |
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... princes , who had come to him , left their homes and went to the forest , and there sought refuge in the life of wandering religious mendicancy . Immediately those youthful princes took on the appearance of new bridegrooms , having , as ...
... princes , who had come to him , left their homes and went to the forest , and there sought refuge in the life of wandering religious mendicancy . Immediately those youthful princes took on the appearance of new bridegrooms , having , as ...
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... princes . Their superior splendor , resulting from the heat bom of the fire of asceticism , surpassed the brightness of refined gold . They obtained the highest interior purity , their bodies brilliant and heated by the fire of ...
... princes . Their superior splendor , resulting from the heat bom of the fire of asceticism , surpassed the brightness of refined gold . They obtained the highest interior purity , their bodies brilliant and heated by the fire of ...
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... princes to speak , and exhorted them to a righteous battle : " Leave off this fighting , for it is without cause , yet causes the destruction of human life . In a battle like this there is much unrighteousness and a great loss of fame ...
... princes to speak , and exhorted them to a righteous battle : " Leave off this fighting , for it is without cause , yet causes the destruction of human life . In a battle like this there is much unrighteousness and a great loss of fame ...
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 |
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