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36. Bāhubali was taller even than five bow-lengths. (73)
37. A muni may receive food from a member of the sūdra caste. (73)
38. Heavenly beings (devas) can have conjugal relationships with human
females. (73) 39. A woman called Sulasā produced thirty-two sons from one
foetus25. (73) 40. The first Vāsudeva called Triprstha was born from a nānati (?)26. (73) 41. Mahāvīra visited non-aryan regions27. (74) 42. Mahāvīra preached to the mlecchas even in the fourth time period. (74) 43. There is no fault if a person who is fasting takes medicine. (74) 44. A cakravarti can have sixty-four thousand wives. (74) 45. The nudity of a Jina in the samavasarana remains invisible. (75) 46. The sky-cladness (i.e., nudity of a muni) is a cause for producing
passions. (75) 47. A yati may keep a [walking] stick. (75) 48. A yati may have ear ornaments (doubtful reading). (75) 49. Marudevi (the mother of Jina Rsabha) attained moksa while riding on
an elephant28. (75) 50. There is no fault if a weak muni takes food other than at the fixed
times. (75) 51. A householder may attain kevalajñāna without undergoing the formal
act of renunciation. (76) 52. A person born as a cāndāla may become a muni and attain moksa. (76) 53. It is acceptable to worship an ornamented image of the Jina.(76) 54. Moksa is possible without giving up clothes and ornaments. (77) 55. The sun and moon in their original form came to greet Mahāvīra. (77)
56. The Digambara list of the eighteen faults from which a Jina is free is
changed into a different list. (For example : They do not consider a kevalin to be free from hunger and thirst.) (78)
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