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About Some Tenets of Ajivika Doctrine One day, Gañadhara Mahārāja Indrabhậti Gautama requesting Śrainaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvira for an explanation regarding Ā jivika ascetics inquired:-Bhagavan i It is said that the followers of Ajivika doctrine tell their ascetics as follows:-0 good souls ! Suppose any one steals away an article or a vessel belonging to an adherent of Ajîvika doctrine when he is in Sāmāyika Vrata, then, does he make inquiries about his vessel after the lapse of the time limit of his Sāmāyika Vrata, or not? If he makes inquiries, does he search for his bhända or a-bliaņda ( á an utensil or a non-utensil ? Even if he makes an inquiry, is it in relation to his own utensil or to that of some other person ?
Śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvira:-Gautama | He is making in quiries for his own ntensil But not for some other's Indrabhūti Gautama:-Bhagavan! Does not his bhanda (utensil) become an a-bhâņda (non-utensil) when the house-holder is in silavrata (vow of celibacy) guna-vrata (a meritorious vow), in pratyakhyāna-vrata (vow of abstinence) or in Pauşadha-vrata (a vow of (1) Partial or complete abstinence from food. (2) Complete obserance of celibacy (3) Avoidance of embeilishing one's body and (1) Complete stonpage of all house-hold or commercial dealings for 12 hours or 24 hours or longer)? मपारणगंसि आयावणभूमिए पच्चोरहित्ता वागलवथनियत्थे जेणेच सये उडए तेणेव उवागच्छइ तेणेव उवागच्छित्ता किढिणसंकाइयगं गिण्डित्ता पुरच्छिम दिसं पोक्खेइ पुरच्छिमाए दिसाए सोमे महाराया पत्थाणे पत्थिय अभि रक्खिउ सिवे रायरिसी अमि० २ जाणि य तत्थ कंदाणि य मूलाणि य तयाणि य पत्ताणि य पुप्फाणि य फलाणि य बीयाणि य इरियाणि य ताणि अणुजाणउ तिकट्ठ पुरच्छिमं दिसं पसरति पुर० २ जाणि य तत्य कंदाणि जाव हरियाणि य ताई गेण्डइ ३ किढिणसंकाइय मरेइ कविण
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