Jainas in History of Indian Literature

Author(s): Jinvijay
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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unlearned Brahman is not in his place at a Srão ddha, so is a fool at a council. For how could a blind man see ? And the blind dragged on by the blind will not find the even road. ..
P. 92: gigaisia 21 P HET ATERIE PRETO leitoriaशर्करापानभोजितश्चाहिर्न कदाचित् परित्यजति विषम् । न खलु कपिः शिक्षाशतेaft eyej asfati "If a dog be fed ever so well, will it avoid bones and unclean food ? Even when a snake is fed with mixture of milk and sugar, it will never give up its poison. Verily, not even after a hundred lessons the monkey will give up his unsteadiness”.
P. 96: Ad ha ag yi “He who eats moderately, eats much”.
· P. 97 : past aan: 92214 Heart Firepede cara “Thinking that for the strong one everything is wholesome, one would not eat poison". ... Much blood-shed would have been avoided and Europe would have been spared infinite misery, if during the last years Somade va's wise rule had always been followed. (p. 36): tanierikut a Hafidot: Re: "Military authorities should not be authorities in (political) counsels”.... . Another feature of the Nitivākyāmrta is the frequent allusion to fables and tales. Thus an Upākhyānaka is quoted (p. 86 ) to prove that beasts are more thankful than men:
तथा चोपाख्यानकम् । अटव्यां किलान्धकूपे पतितेषु कपिसर्पसिंहाक्षशालिकेषु कृतोपकारः काङ्कायननामा कश्चित् पान्थः विशालायां पुंरि तस्मादाक्षशालि+7 91572 FIFA tarafcat “Once in a forest an ape, a serpent, a lion and a record-officer who had fallen into a well over-grown with plants, were helped out by a certain traveller, Kārkāyana