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Āryikās: The Digambara Sādhvis
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dharma, that men have gradually altered through their ignorance and cowardice. She considers, very reasonably, that the Scriptures and the works of the first ācāryās are still available to recall us to the right path. So let us study them, she argues, and come out of our century old ignorance. And Mātāji devotes all her energies to enlightening her disciples, the śrāvakas, śrāvikās and whoever comes to meet her.
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