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106 Vitragata. Even the conquerors of kingdoms and soldiers of the battlefields observed and worked out this ideal in practical life. From hoary antiquity the sublime teachings of Ahimsa guided the destinies of the Indian people. Their battles were also Ahinsic. Bharat, the son of the Ist Tirthankara was the paramount monarch of the world. His world-conquest was a conquest of Dharma. He had an occasion to fight with his own brother, so infested became he with greed of power. But they fought not a bloody battic-theirs was a fight of Ahimsa. They swam-thcy wrestled and the younger brother was victorious. Bharat was greatly irritated and took resort to destructive wcapons. This roused the Alinsic feelings in the heart of Bahubali, who instantly renounced the world and became leader of the heroes divinc. Such was the ideal heroism of sclf-denial and sacrifice of the Jainas. Soulforce was the greatest force of the time; but as the ages rolled on, the culture of Ahimsa came is be deficd-so bloody warfare has predominated. Even in such times in the medieval peria Jain ideals of Jhimsa and Tyaga (sacrifice) werke rell. Gencral Gangaraja on horseback singly fash: the battle of Kannegala and brought the Chalakyan realih to present to his rasier that was delighed and made him ask
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