Book Title: Kummaputta Chariam
Author(s): K V Abhyankar
Publisher: K V Abhyankar

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________________ St. 5) Notes deserving people like monks and nuns), en Aitarra (morsels, money etc. given out of compassion for their distress to beggars, defective persons, dogs, etc.), sferaga (gifts to brothers, sisters, and those who sing the praises of Deva, Guru, Dharma etc.) and blacra ( gifts for being famous given to bards, singers etc.). ca (Sk. aga ) is described to be of 12 kinds characterized by fasts and the like. efter (Sk. fr) is the contented attitude of the mind by the restriction of the various bodily enjoyments and desires. cf. fa fa TreHTETUT qui purg gi. Hrau (Sk. Hea or praat ) denotes literally here the mental condition. There are innumerable mental conditions different in different moments giving rise to different kinds of which tie down the soul. cf. i जं समयं जीवो आकस्सइ जेण जेण भावेण / सो तमि तंमि समये सुहासुहं बंधए कम्मं // It appears that the four constituents of धर्म viz, दान, तपः शील and Tera when practised according to scriptural directions make a man pre-eminently religious in body, mind and speech. The mind, of course, being the most important factor, capable of governing speech and the body, Pre the mental condition, given rise to by the intellect which has correctly grasped the religious tenets, is looked upon as the most

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