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18.
A naked image of a Jina is not auspicious; it is proper to worship an image of a Jina with ornaments. (52-53)
A Jina's nudity is not visible to anyone as Indra places an ambara (a piece of cloth) on his shoulder. (54)
The ganadhara Gautama did honor a parivrājaka, a mendicant of a non-Jaina order, for the sake of dharma. (55)
It is proper to make a sthāpanā of a Jaina monk (guru) in his absence similar to the image of a Jina. (56-57)
Shatrunjaya is a holy place (tīrtha). [This item is missing in the Digambara list.] (58)
A Jain monk may give initiation (dīkshā) and even preach a sermon (both of which are auspicious activities) while still maintaining the shuddha-upayoga. (59-63)
24.
Vasudeva (father of Krishna) had seventy-two thousand wives (i.e., more than a cakravarti. This is similar to Bāhubali being stronger than Bharata).(64-65)
25.
Jamāli was the son-in-law of Jina Mahāvīra and he did start a wrong view (kumata, i.e., a nihnava). (66)
A disciple of Candarudrācārya attained kevalajnāna (while he was carrying his sick teacher on his shoulders). (67)
The vyavahāra naya is as important as the nishcaya naya. (6876)
The dravyārthika and the paryāyārthika nayas are equally important. (77-87)
Time (kāla) is not a dravya. (88-92)
Mahāvīra shook Mount Meru (with his toe) at the time of his janma-kalyānaka. (93-94)
31.
The gaṇadhara of JinaMunisuvrata was not a horse, contrary to what the Digambaras have alleged. (The true story is that a
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