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35. Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics VII p. 470 36. S. Stevension, op. cit, p. 116 37. Jadunath Sinha, op. cit, II, p. 252 38. Bool Chand, Lord Mahāvīra, p. 75 49. Ibid, p. 50 30. Ācārānga Sūtra I 6:5:4 (S.B.E. XLV Jaina Sūtra, II, p. 243) 41. Sūtrakratānga Sūtra 1. 1:3:26 (S.B.E. XLV Jaina Sūtra II. 243) 42, Shri Kunda Kunda Achārya, op. cit. IV 62, (SBJ, IX p. 33) 43. Uttarādnyayana Sutra I 40-41 (S.B.E. Jain Sūtra II pp. 6-7 44. Ibid 45. Puruşārtha Siddhyupāya, 46-47 (S.B.J. pp. 29) 46. J.L. Jaini, op. cit, p. 72 Note- If is not clear whether ahiṁsā
means abstention from violating the principles of Jainism, Jainism is not a living being and secondly, if this attitude is adopted in order not to hurt any-one's feeling it is applicable to all philosophies. In this case a follower of ahiṁsā would not
dare to speak a single word of truth not even a Jainist truth. 47. Umasvami, op. cit, 17 (S.B.J. II p. 141) 48. Purusartha Siddhyapaya, 43, (S.B.J. IV p. 27) 49. H. Bhattacharya, op cit, p. 61 50. S.N. Dasgupta, op. cit, I p. 189, see also the commentry to
Puruşāritha Siddhupāya, by Ajit Prasad, pp. 27-28 51. R.K. Mukharjee, Hindu Civilivation, Bombay, 1977 p. 241 52. M.K. Gandhi, Hindu Dharma, Ahmendabad 1950. p. 230. (VI,
25.10.28) 53. S.N. Dasgupta, op. cit, p. 76.
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