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the early Jain writers refused to believe that even supernatural beings or spirits would indulge in violence. It is, therefore, entirely
natural that Yakşas should get an honourable place in the early Jain canonical literature.
References
1 XIII. 4.3.10 2 VIII. 10.28 3 Mānava GS, 11.14; San GS, 1.11.7; Hiranya GS, II, 1.3.7; see also
SBE, Vol. 29, p. 219 4 II. 203, 272 5 Chs. 14 f 6 VII. 15.15, 29 7 III, Chs. 312 ff 8 3.11 ff 9 Para 617 10 Vol. II, p. 149 11 Suttavibhanga, Vol. I, p. 246; Vol. 2, pp. 71, 194; 223; Anguttara,
Vol. 1V, p. 147; Samyutta, 1, pp, 234, 275; etc. 12 Mabāvagga, p. 45 13 Anguttara, Vol. II, p. 174 14 Mahāparinibbāna of the Digha 15 Udāna, p. 6 16 Para 406 17 Para 273 18 Para 153 19 21. 5-8 20 Para 20 21 Vol. III, p. 200 22 Anuyogadvāra--yrtti, p. 25 23 Para 15 24 Para 550; see also Nāyā, 151 25 Bhag, 550 26 I, p. 252 27 II, 9.65 f 28 II, p. 170
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