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JAINISM AND Buddhism
The Conduct of monks is described in it.. Monk keeps aloof from destruction of seed--groups and groups of creatures, takes food once, does not eat at night, neither eats at untime. He is aloof from destroying groups of seeds and creatures: such as those grown through roots, grown through trunk, grown through fruit, grown through fruit-stem and grown through seeds.
Note.--Here the protection of vegetable kingdom is well described.
It agrees with the description given in the Jain Scripture Gommatasara Jiva Kanda.
Chapter on Yoga.
मूलग्ग पोरबीजा कंदातह खंदबीज बीजारुहा । सम्मुच्छिमाय भणियापत्तेयाणांतकायाय ॥ ८३ ॥
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Mulagga pora bijâ Kandâ tah Khanda bijâ Bijâ ruhâ, Sammuchchhimâya bhaniyâ patteya nanta Kâyâya 186 Vegetables are described as follows:
(1) Mula Bija having root as their seed just as ginger, turmeric.
(2) Agrabija grown through front stem.
(3) Parba bija grown through knot as sugar-cane. (4) Kanda bija grown through esculent root as
garlic.
(5) Skandha bija grown through trunk.
(6) Bija bija grown through seeds as wheat, and
gram.
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