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INTRODUCTION.
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plete in all its letters, listening also to it when read, obtains emancipation at least after the eighth transmigration*
The Kalpa Sútra has three subjects :-The history of the first and last Jina; the Sthirávali (list of sages); and the Samáchári (rules of conduct).
* The story of Nágaketu, who, in virtue of these ceremonies, revived after being seemingly dead, is here told before the commencement of the Sútras; but as it adds nothing to the information previously given, I have not thought it necessary to insert it.
