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BHADRABAHU-SAM
OR THE JAINA LAW OF INHERITANCE
AND PARTITION.
INTRODUCTORY. Before proceeding to the text and translation of Bhadrabáhu-Samhitâ, a fow words by way of introduction will not be out of place.
Everything that is authoritativo in Jaipa teachDate and sonrces ings and scriptures is ultimately due
of the book to Lord Mahavira, the last Jaina Tirthaukara, who Rourished in the sixth century B.C., in Bihûr. After having practised austerities and preached, for a number of years, the way to conquer pain and matter, and attain liberation and beautitude, he attained Nirvana in 527 B.C., at Påvápuri, Dear Belar, in the modern province of Bibâr and Orissa. His teachings, bowever, have not reached us in their perfect condition and directly. Lord Malâvîra himself, though omniscient and master of all learning, did not write or even compose anything himself. The Unspeakable Whole
