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42 न सिंहोप सदा मांसं भोक्तुं विन्दति पश्यत । बलवन्तमपि क्रूरा पीडयेदनुपायता ||
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स्वैरिणीं योषितं देष्मि नरं च रतिलम्पटम् ।। पत्युरन्यस्य यः क्षेत्रे कृषि कर्तुं व्यवस्यति ।।
अमित्रं च गुणोपेतं न निन्देयं कदाचन | वयस्यं च न शंसयमनह धर्मरोधिनम् ॥
ALOMAN. निद्रावशं संप्रति पर्वतानां शिरांसि यातानि सकन्दराणि । इच्छन्ति शय्यां वनचारिणश्च श्यामायते च स्तिमितेव पृथ्वी ।। त्यजन्ति गुझं मधुलिट्कलानि कृतं विहंगैर्विटपेषु मौनम् । शीतेषु पायोनिधिगहरेषु
तिमिगिलाः स्वमसुखं भजन्ते ॥ Cr. Subhashitam, 109..
(To be continued.) .
CORRESPONDENCE. SOME NOTES ON DIGAMBARA JAINA Digambar Jainas may be Vibpanthis and ThêriICONOGRAPHY.
panthls. By the way, the term should be Tera Sn-With reference to an article on Digam-1 (1.0.18) Panthts and not Terapanthis. Secondbare Jnins Iconography by Dr. J. Burgess, ante, I ly, the attitude of worship of the two classes is Vol. XXXII. pp. 459 ff., I beg to point ont the quite reversed. It is the Vibpanthis who worship following few inaccuracies, which may lead your sitting ; whereas the Terapanthis worship standrenders to misunderstand some customs of the ing, and sit only when they propose to meditate Digambara Jainas:
or repeat their mantras on the beads of a rosary
in a very low, almost inaudible, tone of voice. It is said that the Jaypur Khandarwals are Vis- It must, however, be said here that a class of panthis or Thorapanthis, and that the former Jaina laymen, who profess to be much more worship standing and the latter sitting. First, learned and spiritual than their other Jaina Térk. this might lead one to think that the division panthf brethren, and who are called Bhattarakas, into Vibpanthis and Therapanthis is confined to ! worship in a sitting posture. But these Bhattathe Digambara Khandarwâl Jainas only. As a rakas are a less than microscopic minority and matter of fact, the Svetämbaris and some of their practice, therefore, is the exception to the their sub-classes also may be Vibpanthis. Also rule, which is recognized by the majority of the the Agarwals and other minor classes of the orthodox Digambara Jainns.
