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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
परशुकृपाणखनित्रज्वलनायुधशृङ्गिशृङ्खलादीनाम् । वधहेतूनां दानं हिंसादानं ब्रुवन्ति बुधाः ॥७७ ॥
सामान्यार्थ - गणधरदेवादिक फरसा (तथा कुल्हाड़ी आदि), कृपाण (तलवार), कुदाली (तथा फावड़ा आदि), अग्नि, छुरी (तथा लाठी, भाला आदि), विष और सांकल आदिक हिंसा के कारणों के दान को हिंसा-दान नाम का अनर्थदण्ड कहते हैं।
To pass on instruments of injury (himsā) such as axe, sword, spade, fire, knife, poison, and chain, is to be known as giving of things that cause injury (himsādāna), the second-named limb of purposeless sinful activity-anarthadanda.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Acārya Amrtacandra's Purusārthasiddhyupāya:
असिधेनुविषहुताशनलाङ्गलकरवालकार्मुकादीनाम् । वितरणमुपकरणानां हिंसायाः परिहरेद्यत्नात् ॥ १४४ ॥ Make efforts not to pass on instruments of himsā, such as knife, poison, fire, plough, sword, and bow, to others.
Jain, Vijay K. (2012), “Shri Amritachandra Suri's Puruşārthasiddhyupāya”, p. 92.
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