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Cf. the Acāranga I. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, pp. 4-15. For reference, I have used Shri Mahāvīra Jain Vidyālaya edition, Jaina Āgama Series 2, Pt. 1, Ayaranga-suttaṁ, Ed. Muni Jambūvijaya, Bombay 1976.
N.B. This paper in its original form was read by the author at the Seminar on
"Mahāvīra and Ahimsā" organized in early 2001 at the B. L. Institute, Delhi. The present is the revised version.
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