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was free from 18 defects and that the avatar of God believed in by others had those faults?
A.-My dear Sir, leaving aside prejudice, read the lives of Arhats and other avatars etc. and see their images noticing their conduct, thoughts and appearance; from this you would learn which of them was faulty and which faultless.
97 Q.-The Jainas have written well about their Tirthankaras and have also made their images shant (contented), dânt (mild) nirvikári (without change of mind or purpose), aloof from woman, of desireless forms.
A.-This idea of yours is wrong in as much as none prevented the writers of your sacred books from writing the good qualifications of your avatars and none told them to write the bad qualifications of your avatars such as a certain avatar had intercourse with another's wife, another avatar wandered with one's (sister), another avatûr wandered in the jungle on account of his
