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walking on foot, to the Samavasarana of Śramana Bhagavana Mahavira. When he was passing by the place where the followers of other faiths were discussing the subject of Pancāstikaya, some of them, seeing Madduka said --O Beloved of the gods! See, Madduka Śrâvaka is going there. Let us go and get his opinion on this subject. He is a keen student of the tenets of Jnätaputra". With these words, they hurriedly went to Madduka Srāvaka, and stopping him, said O Madduka! Your religious preceptor Śramaņa Jnātäputra propagates five astikâ yas, and some of them he declares as Jivakaya and some as A-Jiva kāya, and some, he says, are rupi (corporeal) and some, are a-rupi (formless). O Madduka ! What is your opinion in this matter ? Do you know or see this Dharmastikāya etc ?
Madduka--They are inferred to exist by the various kāryas (acts) done by them. Dharmâstikāya and other such categories being a-rūpi (formless), are not known or seen
या पोग्गलाण रूवं पासह ? णो तिण, अत्थि णं भंते ! आऊसो ! अरणिसहगये अगणिकाये ? हवा अस्थि, तुज्झे णं आउसो ? अरणिसहगयस्स अगणिकायस्स रूवं पासह ? णो ति. अत्थि णं आउसो ! समुहस्स पार गयाई रूवा ? इंता, अत्थि, तुझे णं आउसो ! समुहस्स पारगयाई रुवाई पासहं ? णो वि० अत्थि णं आउसो ! देवळोगगयाई रुवाई ? हंता अस्थि, तुझें आसो ! देवळोगगयाई रुवाई ? पासह ? णो ति० एवामेव आउसो ! अहं वा तुझे वा अन्न वा छट्टमत्थो जइ जो जं न जाणइ न पासइ तं सब्वं न भवति एवं ते सुबहुए लोए ण भविस्सतीतिकट्टु ते णं उन्नउत्थिए एवं परिहह एवं प० २ जेणेव गुळसि० चेइए जेणेव समणे भ० महा० तेर्वेण उवाग० २ समणं भगवं महावीरं पचविणं अभिगमेणं जाव पज्जुवासति । मत्रयादी ! समणे भ० महा महुयं समणो वासगं एवं क्यासी - मुहूणं मद्दुया ! तुमं ते अन्नउत्थि एवं बयासी, साहू णं मद्दया ? तुमं ते अन्न, उ० एवं बयासी,
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