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mind) destroying the rampart of sensc-objccts, dispelling the darkness of ignorance and taking no notice of their sons and wives, etc. they take to renunciation "166 Thcsc arc the Jaina Sadhus (mendicants), rich in various attainments 208
The Uttimottama class is assigned to only the twentyfour Tirthankaras who are represented as the saviours of the suffering humanity 157
Although the above classification docs not show proper interest in the social aspect of man's life, yet the version is significant inasmurh as, like thc epic-Purānic tradition, it takes notice not only of Mohşa but also of the remaining three Puruşarthas as worthy of human interest
155 तेहि उम्मूलिऊण महामोहल्लि, भजिकरण विसयपहार विहारेकरण
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--CMC p 4 156. ते तण साहुणो णाणाविहलदिसंपण्णा
- Ibid., p. 4. 167, 16ld., p. 4
