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Macaranga gum
Macaranga gum Mac`a*ran"ga gum` A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Macaranga Indica
Macaranga gum Mac`a*ran"ga gum` A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).

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- The Ācārāṅga Sūtra, the foremost and oldest Jain text (First book c. 5th–4th century BCE; Second book c. Late 4th–2nd century BCE), is the first of the...
- texts, the Sutrakritanga, composed after the 2nd century BCE, and the Ācārāṅga Sūtra, which may have originated as an oral tradition after Mahavira's...
- name was Siddhartha. According to the second chapter of the Śvētāmbara Ācārāṅga Sūtra, Siddhartha and his family were devotees of Parshvanatha. Mahavira...
- father was Siddhartha..According to the second chapter of the Śvētāmbara Ācārāṅga Sūtra, Siddhartha and his family were devotees of Parshvanatha. Mahāprajña...
- Śvetāmbara canonical scriptures are the oldest of all Jain literature. The Ācārāṅga Sūtra, Uttaradhyayana Sutra, and the Sthananga Sutra of the Śvetāmbara...
- wear simple outer garments. Śvētāmbara texts, such as section 2.15 of the Ācārāṅga Sūtra, say that Mahāvīra's parents were followers of Pārśvanātha (linking...
- they are described in detail in the Tattvartha Sutra (Chapter 7) and the Acaranga Sutra (Book 2, Lecture 15). According to Acharya Samantabhadra’s Ratnakaraņdaka...
- Agamas, however: Mainly on linguistic grounds, it has been argued that the Ācārāṅga Sūtra, the Sūtrakṛtāṅga Sūtra, and the Uttarādhyayana Sūtra are among the...
- inflicting upon others what is harmful to oneself. The following line from the Acaranga Sutra sums up the philosophy of Jainism: Nothing which breathes, which...
- being, and non-violence is the highest religious duty. Jain texts such as Ācārāṅga Sūtra and Tattvarthasūtra state that one must renounce all killing of living...