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JAINA PENANCE
The agitārtha=the unillumined; the anenlight
ened, he who is not endorsed
with philosophical insight. The Rrıtakı rtya-given to preachung. The ahritakritya=be who does not preach. The adhgata=who is ignorant of the scriptural
wisdom, but is able to think for
himself. The anadhigata=the unlearned and unthinking
personage who only knows what he has heard from his pre
ceptor. The sthu a-he who is firmly established in
faith. The asthira=who is unbalanced in respect of
the rules of right conduct. Men have also been divided into two rough divisions according as they obserre the root or foundation principles (müla gunas) or are able to keep their elaborations (uttara gunas) also The former are called the mūla-guna-dhāro (observers of the root virtues) and the latter the uttara-gunadhāji.
Of the above classes of men the asthira are the treakest. They do not understand the Idistinction between the proper and the improper, the more sinful and the less sinful, the commendable and what
