Adda Or Oldest Extant Dispute Between Jains And Heretics

Author(s): W B Bollee
Publisher: W B Bollee

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ADDA OR THE OLDEST EXTANT DISPUTE BETWEEN JAINS AND HERETICS 421
a: V: te yȧvi; -c: T: karenti; - d: J: tu
WHOSOEVER EATS FOOD OF THIS KIND UNKNOWINGLY DOES WRONG. VIRTUOUS PEOPLE DO NOT THINK OF DOING THAT. EVEN MENTIONING IT IS WRONG.
Beside the often found quotation of Manu 5, 5523 Śilanka (T II 151b 3ff.) mentions two others here for which see at the end of this paper (himsa-malam etc. and yo 'tti yasya etc.).
2, 6, 40
savvesi jivāṇa day'-atthayde sāvajja-dosam parivajjayantā tas-sankino isino Naya-putta uddiṭṭha-bhattam parivajjayanti
OUT OF PITY ON ALL LIVING BEINGS THE SAGES, THE DISCIPLES OF VADDHAMANA MAHĀVĪRA, AVOID BLAMEFUL FAULTS, ARE AFRAID OF THEM AND AVOID FOOD ESPECIALLY PREPARED FOR THEM.
2, 6, 41
bhūyabhisankäě dugunchamāṇā savvesi paṇana nihaya dandam tamha na bhunjanti taha-ppagāram eso 'nudhammo iha samjayaṇam
b: C: savvesu pāṇesu; J: pāṇāṇam ihâya-daṇḍam
THEY DO NOT LIKE TO TERRIFY LIVING BEINGS, LAYING ASIDE VIOLENCE AGAINST ALL BEINGS; THEREFORE THEY DO NOT EAT FOOD OF THIS KIND. THIS IS THE RIGHT PRACTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR FAITH FOR OUR RECLUSES.
b: b; cf. Sn 35a: sabbesu bhatesu nidhaya dandam; c: cf. 39a; d=
35d
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