Vijaydharmasuri

Author(s): A J Sunavala
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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MISSION IN BENGAL
the Bengalis, made them familiar with the noble precept of the Jain religion, proved convincingly by authority and argument that respect for animal life was enjoined even by the Brahmanical shastras, and eventually had the satisfaction of knowing that at least some of them renounced the eating of the forbidden food.
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