The Clever Adulteress & Other Stories: A Treasury of Jain LiteraturePhyllis Emily Granoff |
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Page 126
... true faith , and the obeisance to the teacher in all these32 the ascetic instructed Candakarmā . ( 163-170 ) Then the latter replied to the sage : " I accept all this , true faith and those vows , but I cannot accept this one vow , viz ...
... true faith , and the obeisance to the teacher in all these32 the ascetic instructed Candakarmā . ( 163-170 ) Then the latter replied to the sage : " I accept all this , true faith and those vows , but I cannot accept this one vow , viz ...
Page 142
... true it is that you are learned and that you carry out all your duties with care , but you are stained by pride . I cannot give someone who suffers from pride the office of a leading monk . " Though these words were true they did not ...
... true it is that you are learned and that you carry out all your duties with care , but you are stained by pride . I cannot give someone who suffers from pride the office of a leading monk . " Though these words were true they did not ...
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... true Leader of the Faith had been born , and he went to the holy mountain Śatruñjaya , and in order to find out whether there was any such great man alive he began to undertake a series of fasts . It also happened that the demi - god ...
... true Leader of the Faith had been born , and he went to the holy mountain Śatruñjaya , and in order to find out whether there was any such great man alive he began to undertake a series of fasts . It also happened that the demi - god ...
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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