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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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ÂKÂRÂNGA SÛTRA.
of it from the landlord or the steward of that place :
Indeed, O long-lived one! for the time and in the space you concede us, we shall dwell here?,' &c. (see 1, § 2). Now what further after the place is taken possession of ? He should not remove from without to within, or vice versa, any umbrella or stick, &c. (see II, 2, 3, § 2) belonging to Sramanas or Brâhmanas (previously settled there); nor should he wake up a sleeping person, nor offend or molest the (inmates). (1)
A monk or a nun might wish to go to a mango park; they should then ask the landlord's or steward's permission in the manner described above). Now what further after the place is taken possession of ? Then they might desire to eat a mango. If the monk or the nun perceive that the mango is covered with eggs, living beings, &c. (see II, 1, 1, § 2), they should not take it; for it is impure, &c. (2)
If the monk or the nun perceive that the mango is free from eggs, living beings, &c., but not nibbled at by animals, nor injured, they should not take it; for it is impure, &c. But if they perceive that the mango is free from eggs, living beings, &c., and is nibbled at by animals and injured, then they may take it; for it is pure, &c. (3)
The monk might wish to eat or suck one half of a mango or a mango's peel or rind or sap or smaller particles. If the monk or the nun perceive that the above-enumerated things are covered with eggs, or living beings, they should not take them; for they are impure, &c. But they may take them, if they are
2 of the preceding Lesson is repeated word for word. 2 See II, 1, 1, $$ 3, 4.
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