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partly true. It is true that the Vedic stream was action (pravstti) dominated and the Śramanic stream was renunciation (nivstti) oriented. They had a conflict between the values of desire and conscience or between enjoyment and renunciation. But from a historical perspective the origin of Śramanic stream is from an attempt to re-establish the moral and spiritual values and the purification of human personality, in which all Sramaņas and Brāhmaṇas were partners. The epithet of Arhat for these sages and regarding them in tune with its own tradition in Sūtrakrtānga is a clear indication of the mutual friendliness of these sages in ancient times.
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