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ĀVĀRO
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It (i.e. causing violence to the beings of air-body), in fact, is the knot of bondage, it, in fact, is the delusion, it, in fact, is the death, it, in fact, is the hell.
१५६. इच्चत्थं गढिए लोए। 159. Iccattham gadhie loe.
159. (Nevertheless) man, impelled by the aforesaid motives,
becomes engrossed in (the acts of inflicting injury to the beings of air-body).
१६०. जमिणं विरूवरूवेहिं सत्थेहिं वाउकम्स-समारंभेणं वाउ-सत्थं
समारंभमाणे अण्णे वणेगरूवे पाणे विहिंसति । 160. Jamiņam virūvarūvehim satthehim vāukamma-sama
rambhepam vāu- sattham samārambhamāṇe anne .
vanegarūve pāņe vihimsati. 160. He, employing various kinds of weapons indulges in
actions involving air, (thereby) causing violence to the beings of air-body. (He causes violence not only to the beings of air-body, but also) to different kinds of other beings.
बाउकाइयाणं जीवत्त-वेदणाबोध-पदं १६१. से बेमि-अप्पेगे अंधमन्भे, अप्पेगे अंधमच्छे। Vāukā iyānań jivatta - vedaņābodha-padań
161. Se bemi-appege amdhamabbhe, appege amdhamacche.
Air Beings : Their Animation and Experience of Pain
161. I say -
(Just as consciousness of a man born without any sense-organs (i. e, one who is blind, deaf, dumb, crippled etc. from birth) is not manifest, the consciousness of the beings of air-body is also not manifest). (Never
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