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to perform the unpleasant duty of secretly acting as a messenger.
The author of the Advaita-Brahma-Siddhi explains Kshapanaka as a Jain monk.
"क्षपणका" जैनमार्ग सिद्धान्त प्रवर्तका इतिकेचित् (पृ. १44 {Calcutta Edition.)
In Shanti Parva, Moksha Dharma, Adhyaya 239, Shloka 6, we find reference to the Sapta-Bhanginaya of the Jains. The Shloka runs thus:
एतदेवंचनै वंचनचोभे नानुभेतथा । कर्मस्थाविषयं ब्रूयुः सत्वस्याः gazfân: 11 4 10
In Shanti Parva, Moksha Dharma, Adhyaya 264, Shloka 3. Jajali calls Tuladhara a Nastika,
"नास्तिक्यमपि जल्पसि" which is explained by Nilakantha as one against slaughter in Vedic sacrifices. नास्तिक्यं हिंसात्मक त्वेन यज्ञनिन्दा
This shows that even as early as when the Mahabharata was composed, or even earlier, there were Nastikas who were against slaughter in Vedic sacrifices. They cannot be the Samkhyas, for they are not Nastikas. They must be sects similar to the Jains. i In Yoga-Vasishtha in the Vairagya-Prakarna Rama desires to be as calm as Jin. The Shloka runs as follows:
नाहंरामो नमेवाञ्छा भावेषुनच मे मनः । शान्त भासितुमिच्छा मिखारमनीवजिनो यथा ॥ (० १५, लो०८)
In Ramayana we read in Bala-kanda, Sarga 14, Shloka 22 that Dasharatha fed the Shramanas.
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