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( 14 ) to perform the unpleasant duty of secretly acting as a messenger
The author of the Advaita-Brahma-Siddhi explains K'shapanaka as a Jain monk.
"magam" ÀTAT festa mai sfaafaa (9. Pee Calcutta Edition.)
In Shanti l'arva, Moksha Dharma, Adhyaya 239. Shloka 6, wc find reference to the Sapta-Bhanginaya of the Jains. The Shloka runs thus:___ एतदेवंचने वंचनचोभे नानुमेतथा। कर्मस्थाविषयं वयुः सत्वस्थाः AZA: 114N
In Shanti Parva, Moksha Dharma, Adhyaya 264. Shloka 3, Jajali calls Tuladhara a Nastika,
"arfotafografa” which is explained by Nilakantha as onc against slaughter in l'edic sacrifices.
atre FATâa usat
This shows that cven as carly as when the Mahabharata was composel, or crcu carlier, there were Nastikas who were against slaughter in Vedic sacrifices. They cannot be the Samkhyas, for they are not Nastikas. They must be sccts similar to the Jains.
In Yoga-Vasishtha in the Vairagya-Prakarna Rama desires to be as calm as Jin. The Shloka runs as follows :
ATSTĀT TĀDT581 haqATÀ AA: 1 9171 qtfoghat FA Faalafaat got # (90%, #10 s)
In Ramayana wc rcad in Bala-kanda, Sarga 14, Shloka 22 that Dasharatha fcd the Shramanas.
ATQemaga sifa TATI 459 HOT
