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1227 womb of the Brahmamt Devananda of the GAlandharayava gotra.’ Thus he reflected and called Harizegamesi', the divine commander of the foot troops; having called him, he spoke thus: (22) ‘ Well, now, beloved of the gods, it never has happened, &c. (§§ 17-20 are verbally repeated). (23-25) ‘Therefore, go now and remove the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira from the brahmanical part, &c., and place the embryo of the KshatriyAat Trisala, &c. (see § 21). Having done this, return quickly to report on the execution of my orders.’ (26) When Harinegamesi, the divine commander of the foot troops, was thus spoken to by Sakra, the chief and king of the gods, he—glad, pleased, and joyful, &c. (see §15)—laid his folded hands on his head and modestly accepted the words of command, saying, ‘Just as your Majesty commands.’ After this he left the presence of Sakra, the chief and king of the gods, and descended towards the northeastern quarter ; then he transformed himself through his magical power of transformation, and stretched himself out for numerous Yoganas like a staff, (during which he seized) jewels, Vagra, Vaiddrya, Lohitaksha, Masdragalla, Hamsagarbha, Pulaka, Saugandhika, Gyotisara, Afigana, A#ganapulaka, GAtarapa, Subhaga, Spha¢ika, and Rish¢a; (of these precious materials) he rejected the gross particles, and retained the subtle particles. (27) Then 1 This name is rendered Harinaigamaishin in Sanskrit. He is represented in pictures as a man with the head of an antelope (harina). This is apparently the effect of a wrong etymology, interesting as the fact itself is. Q 2 228 KALPA SOTRA.
2(27) Then 1 This name is rendered Harinaigamaishin in Sanskrit. He is represented in pictures as a man with the head of an antelope (harina). This is apparently the effect of a wrong etymology, interesting as the fact itself is. Q 2 228 KALPA SOTRA. for a second time he transformed himself through his magical power of transformation, and produced the definitive form (which gods adopt on entering the world of men); having done so, he passed with that excellent, hasty, trembling, active, impetuous, victorious, exalted, and quick divine motion of the gods right through numberless continents and oceans, and arrived in Gambfdvipa, in Bharatavarsha, in the brahmanical part of the town Kumzdagrama, at the house of the Brahmaza Xzshabhadatta, where the Brahmazt Devdnandd dwelt. Having arrived there, he made his bow in the sight of the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira, and cast the Brahmaai Devdnanda, together with her retinue, into a deep sleep; then he took off all unclean particles, and brought forth the clean particles, and saying, ‘May the Venerable One permit me,’ he took the Venerable Ascetic Mah4vira in the folded palms of his hands without hurting him. Thus he went to the Kshatriya part of the town Kuzdagrama, to the house of the Kshatriya Siddhartha, where the Kshatriya#i Trisala dwelt; he cast her and her attendants into a deep sleep, took off all unclean particles, and brought forth the clean particles, and placed the embryo of the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira in the womb of the Kshatriy4#t Trisala, and the embryo of the KshatriyAmt Trisala he placed in the womb of the Brahmazt Devdnand4 of the @4landharayaza gotra. Having done so, he returned in that direction in which he had come’. (28) With that excellent, &c. (see § 28), divine motion » The contents of §§ 14-28 are contained in Akarfnga Sftra II, 15, § 4. LIVES OF THE GINAS, 229 of the gods, he flew upwards right through numberless continents and oceans, taking thousands of Yoganas in each motion, and arrived in the Saudharma Kalpa, in the divine abode called Saudharma Avatamsaka, where Sakra, the chief and king of the gods, sat on the throne called Sakra, and reported to Sakra, the chief and king of the gods, on the execution of his orders. In that period, in that age the knowledge of the Venerable Ascetic Mah4vtra was threefold; he knew that he was to be removed; he knew that he was removed; he knew not when he was being removed!, (29) In that period, in that age, on the thirteenth day of the third month of the rainy season, in the fifth fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Asvina, after the lapse of eighty-two days, on the eighty-third day current (since his conception), the embryo of the Venerable Ascetic Mahdvira was, on the command of Sakra, safely removed by Harizegamesi from the womb of the Brahmamvi Devdnandaé to that of the Kshatriya#t Trisala?, in the middle of the night, when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Uttaraphalgunt. (30) End of the Second Lecture.
3(30) End of the Second Lecture. In that night in which the embryo of the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira was removed from the womb of the Brahmamt DevAnanda of the Galandharayaza gotra to that of the Kshatriya#t Trisala of the 1 In some MSS. the last part of this paragraph is placed at the end of the next one. 2 The text repeats the corresponding passage of § ar. 230 KALPA SOTRA. VAsish¢ka gotra, the former was on her couch taking fits of sleep in a state between sleeping and waking; and seeing that these fourteen illustrious, beautiful, lucky, blest, auspicious, fortunate, great dreams were taken from her by the Kshatriydat Trisala, she awoke. (31) In that night in which the embryo of the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira was removed from the womb of the Brahmami Devdnanda of the GAlandhardyaza gotra to that of the Kshatriyamt Trisala of the VAsish¢ha gotra, the latter was in her dwelling-place, of which the interior was ornamented with pictures, and the outside whitewashed, furbished and cleansed, the brilliant surface of the ceiling was painted, the darkness was dispelled by jewels and precious stones, the floor was perfectly level and adorned with auspicious figures; which, moreover, was furnished with offerings of heaps of delicious, fragrant, strewn flowers of all five colours, was highly delightful through curling, scented fumes of black aloe, the finest Kundurukka and Turushka!, and burning frankincense ; was exquisitely scented with fine perfumes, and turned as it were into a smelling-bottle ; on a couch with a mattress of a man’s length, with pillows at head and foot, raised on both sides and hollow in the middle, soft as if one walked on the sand of the banks of the Ganges, covered with the cloth of a robe of ornamented linen, containing a well-worked towel, and hung with red mosquito curtains, delightful, soft to the touch like fur, wadding, Para’, butter, or cotton, with all the comforts of 1 Different kinds of the resin of Boswellia. 2 Name of a tree. LIVES OF THE GINAS, 231 a bed, such as fragrant, excellent flowers and sandalpowder—(in such a room and on such a bed Trisala was) taking fits of sleep between sleeping and waking, and having seen the following fourteen, &c. (see § 3), dreams, viz. an elephant, &c. (see § 4), she awoke. (32) 1. Then Trisala saw in her first dream a fine, enormous elephant, possessing all lucky marks, with strong thighs and four mighty tusks; who was whiter than an empty great cloud, or a heap of pearls, or the ocean of milk, or the moon-beams, or spray of water, or the silver mountain (Vaitad/ya) ; whose temples were perfumed with fragrant muskfluid, which attracted the bees ; equalling in dimension the best elephant of the king of the gods (Airavata) ; uttering a fine deep sound like the thunder of a big and large rain-cloud. (33)
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1227 womb of the Brahmamt Devananda of the GAlandharayava gotra.’ Thus he reflected and called Harizegamesi', the divine commander of the foot troops; having called him, he spoke thus: (22) ‘ Well, now, beloved of the gods, it never has happened, &c. (§§ 17-20 are verbally repeated). (23-25) ‘Therefore, go now and remove the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira from the brahmanical part, &c., and place the embryo of the KshatriyAat Trisala, &c. (see § 21). Having done this, return quickly to report on the execution of my orders.’ (26) When Harinegamesi, the divine commander of the foot troops, was thus spoken to by Sakra, the chief and king of the gods, he—glad, pleased, and joyful, &c. (see §15)—laid his folded hands on his head and modestly accepted the words of command, saying, ‘Just as your Majesty commands.’ After this he left the presence of Sakra, the chief and king of the gods, and descended towards the northeastern quarter ; then he transformed himself through his magical power of transformation, and stretched himself out for numerous Yoganas like a staff, (during which he seized) jewels, Vagra, Vaiddrya, Lohitaksha, Masdragalla, Hamsagarbha, Pulaka, Saugandhika, Gyotisara, Afigana, A#ganapulaka, GAtarapa, Subhaga, Spha¢ika, and Rish¢a; (of these precious materials) he rejected the gross particles, and retained the subtle particles. (27) Then 1 This name is rendered Harinaigamaishin in Sanskrit. He is represented in pictures as a man with the head of an antelope (harina). This is apparently the effect of a wrong etymology, interesting as the fact itself is. Q 2 228 KALPA SOTRA.
2(27) Then 1 This name is rendered Harinaigamaishin in Sanskrit. He is represented in pictures as a man with the head of an antelope (harina). This is apparently the effect of a wrong etymology, interesting as the fact itself is. Q 2 228 KALPA SOTRA. for a second time he transformed himself through his magical power of transformation, and produced the definitive form (which gods adopt on entering the world of men); having done so, he passed with that excellent, hasty, trembling, active, impetuous, victorious, exalted, and quick divine motion of the gods right through numberless continents and oceans, and arrived in Gambfdvipa, in Bharatavarsha, in the brahmanical part of the town Kumzdagrama, at the house of the Brahmaza Xzshabhadatta, where the Brahmazt Devdnandd dwelt. Having arrived there, he made his bow in the sight of the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira, and cast the Brahmaai Devdnanda, together with her retinue, into a deep sleep; then he took off all unclean particles, and brought forth the clean particles, and saying, ‘May the Venerable One permit me,’ he took the Venerable Ascetic Mah4vira in the folded palms of his hands without hurting him. Thus he went to the Kshatriya part of the town Kuzdagrama, to the house of the Kshatriya Siddhartha, where the Kshatriya#i Trisala dwelt; he cast her and her attendants into a deep sleep, took off all unclean particles, and brought forth the clean particles, and placed the embryo of the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira in the womb of the Kshatriy4#t Trisala, and the embryo of the KshatriyAmt Trisala he placed in the womb of the Brahmazt Devdnand4 of the @4landharayaza gotra. Having done so, he returned in that direction in which he had come’. (28) With that excellent, &c. (see § 28), divine motion » The contents of §§ 14-28 are contained in Akarfnga Sftra II, 15, § 4. LIVES OF THE GINAS, 229 of the gods, he flew upwards right through numberless continents and oceans, taking thousands of Yoganas in each motion, and arrived in the Saudharma Kalpa, in the divine abode called Saudharma Avatamsaka, where Sakra, the chief and king of the gods, sat on the throne called Sakra, and reported to Sakra, the chief and king of the gods, on the execution of his orders. In that period, in that age the knowledge of the Venerable Ascetic Mah4vtra was threefold; he knew that he was to be removed; he knew that he was removed; he knew not when he was being removed!, (29) In that period, in that age, on the thirteenth day of the third month of the rainy season, in the fifth fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Asvina, after the lapse of eighty-two days, on the eighty-third day current (since his conception), the embryo of the Venerable Ascetic Mahdvira was, on the command of Sakra, safely removed by Harizegamesi from the womb of the Brahmamvi Devdnandaé to that of the Kshatriya#t Trisala?, in the middle of the night, when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Uttaraphalgunt. (30) End of the Second Lecture.
3(30) End of the Second Lecture. In that night in which the embryo of the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira was removed from the womb of the Brahmamt DevAnanda of the Galandharayaza gotra to that of the Kshatriya#t Trisala of the 1 In some MSS. the last part of this paragraph is placed at the end of the next one. 2 The text repeats the corresponding passage of § ar. 230 KALPA SOTRA. VAsish¢ka gotra, the former was on her couch taking fits of sleep in a state between sleeping and waking; and seeing that these fourteen illustrious, beautiful, lucky, blest, auspicious, fortunate, great dreams were taken from her by the Kshatriydat Trisala, she awoke. (31) In that night in which the embryo of the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira was removed from the womb of the Brahmami Devdnanda of the GAlandhardyaza gotra to that of the Kshatriyamt Trisala of the VAsish¢ha gotra, the latter was in her dwelling-place, of which the interior was ornamented with pictures, and the outside whitewashed, furbished and cleansed, the brilliant surface of the ceiling was painted, the darkness was dispelled by jewels and precious stones, the floor was perfectly level and adorned with auspicious figures; which, moreover, was furnished with offerings of heaps of delicious, fragrant, strewn flowers of all five colours, was highly delightful through curling, scented fumes of black aloe, the finest Kundurukka and Turushka!, and burning frankincense ; was exquisitely scented with fine perfumes, and turned as it were into a smelling-bottle ; on a couch with a mattress of a man’s length, with pillows at head and foot, raised on both sides and hollow in the middle, soft as if one walked on the sand of the banks of the Ganges, covered with the cloth of a robe of ornamented linen, containing a well-worked towel, and hung with red mosquito curtains, delightful, soft to the touch like fur, wadding, Para’, butter, or cotton, with all the comforts of 1 Different kinds of the resin of Boswellia. 2 Name of a tree. LIVES OF THE GINAS, 231 a bed, such as fragrant, excellent flowers and sandalpowder—(in such a room and on such a bed Trisala was) taking fits of sleep between sleeping and waking, and having seen the following fourteen, &c. (see § 3), dreams, viz. an elephant, &c. (see § 4), she awoke. (32) 1. Then Trisala saw in her first dream a fine, enormous elephant, possessing all lucky marks, with strong thighs and four mighty tusks; who was whiter than an empty great cloud, or a heap of pearls, or the ocean of milk, or the moon-beams, or spray of water, or the silver mountain (Vaitad/ya) ; whose temples were perfumed with fragrant muskfluid, which attracted the bees ; equalling in dimension the best elephant of the king of the gods (Airavata) ; uttering a fine deep sound like the thunder of a big and large rain-cloud. (33)
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