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1(62) On the north-eastern side he ordered eight state chairs, covered with cloth and auspiciously decorated with white mustard, to be set down. Not too far from and not too near to himself, towards the interior of the palace, he had a curtain drawn. It was adorned with different jewels and precious stones, extremely worth seeing, very costly, and manufactured in a famous town; its soft cloth was all over covered with hundreds of patterns and decorated with pictures of wolves, bulls, horses, men, dolphins, birds, snakes, Kinnaras, deer, Sarabhas, Yaks, Samsaktas, elephants, shrubs, and plants. Behind it he ordered to be placed, for the KshatriyAmt Trisala, an excellent chair of state, decorated with arabesques of different jewels and precious stones, outfitted with a coverlet and a soft pillow, covered with a white cloth, very soft and agreeable to the touch. Then he called the family servants and spoke thus: (63) ‘Quickly, O beloved of the gods, call the interpreters of dreams who well know the science of prognostics with its eight branches, and are well versed in many sciences besides!’ When the family servants were thus spoken to by king Siddhartha, they—glad, pleased, and joyful, &c.—laid the folded hands on their heads and LIVES OF THE GINAS. ; 245 modestly accepted the words of command, saying, ‘Yes, master!’ (64) . Then they left the presence of the Kshatriya Siddhartha, went right through the town Kuzdapura to the houses of the interpreters of dreams, and called the interpreters of dreams. (65) Then the interpreters of dreams, being called by the Kshatriya Siddh4rtha’s family servants, glad, pleased, and joyful, &c., bathed, made the offering (to the house-gods)', performed auspicious rites and expiatory? acts, put on excellent, lucky, pure courtdress, adorned their persons with small but costly ornaments, and put, for the sake of auspiciousness, white mustard and Darva grass on their heads. Thus they issued from their own houses and went right through the Kshatriya part of the town Kumdapura to the front gate of king Siddhartha’s excellent palace, a jewel of its kind. (66) There they assembled and went to the exterior hall of audience in the presence of the Kshatriya Siddhartha. Joining the palms of their hands so as to bring the ten nails together, they laid the folded hands on their heads and gave him the greeting of victory. (67) The king Siddhartha saluted and honoured the interpreters of dreams, made them presents, and received them with respect. They sat down, one after the other, on the chairs of state which had been placed there before. (68) Then the Kshatriya Siddhartha placed his wife Trisala behind the curtain, and taking flowers and fruits in his hands, 1 Balikarman. 2 Payakkhitta = préyaskitta. The commentators explain it by padakdupta, touching their feet in order to avoid the wicked eye. $ 246 KALPA SOTRA. addressed with utmost courtesy the interpreters of dreams: (69)
22 Payakkhitta = préyaskitta. The commentators explain it by padakdupta, touching their feet in order to avoid the wicked eye. $ 246 KALPA SOTRA. addressed with utmost courtesy the interpreters of dreams: (69) ‘O beloved of the gods, the Kshatriy4ai Trisal was just on her couch, &c. (see § 32, down to the end). (7o and 71) What to be sure, O beloved of the gods, will be the result portended by these fourteen illustrious great dreams ?’ (72) When the interpreters of dreams had heard and perceived this news from the Kshatriya Siddh4rtha, they—glad, pleased, and joyful, &c.—fixed the dreams in their minds, entered upon considering them, and conversed together. (73) Having found, grasped, discussed, decided upon, and clearly understood the meaning of these dreams, they recited before king Siddhartha the dream-books and spoke thus: ‘O beloved of the gods, in our dream-books are enumerated forty-two (common) dreams and thirty great dreams. Now, O beloved of the gods, the mothers of universal monarchs or of Arhats wake up after seeing these fourteen great dreams out of the thirty great dreams, when the embryo of a universal monarch or an Arhat enters their womb ; (74) viz. an elephant, a bull, &c.(75) The mothers of Vasudevas wake up after seeing any seven great dreams out of these fourteen great dreams, when the embryo of a V4sudeva enters their womb. (76) The mothers of Baladevas wake up after seeing any four great dreams out of these fourteen great dreams, when the embryo of a Baladeva enters their womb. (77) The mother of Mazdalikas wake up after seeing a single great dream out of these fourteen great dreams, when the embryo of a Mazdalika enters their womb. (78) Now, O beloved LIVES OF THE GINAS. 247 of the gods, the Kshatriya4mt Trisala has seen these fourteen great dreams, &c. (see § 51, down to the end). (79) And this boy, &c. (see § 52, down to) the lord of a realm with a large and extensive army and train of waggons, a universal emperor or a Gina, the lord of the three worlds, the universal emperor of the law. (80). Therefore, O beloved of the gods, the Kshatriyamt Trisala has seen illustrious dreams,’ &c. (see § 9). (81) When king Siddhartha had heard and perceived this news from the interpreter of dreams, he—glad, pleased, and joyful, &c.—spoke'to them thus: (82) ‘That is so, O beloved of the gods, &c. (see § 11, down to) as you have pronounced it.’ Thus saying he accepted the true meaning of the dreams, and honoured the interpreters of dreams with praise and plenty of food, flowers, perfumes, garlands, and ornaments. He made them a present in keeping with their station in life’ and dismissed them. (83) After this the Kshatriya Siddhartha rose from his throne, went to the Kshatriy4#i Trisala behind the curtain, and addressed her thus: (84) ‘Now, O beloved of the gods, you have seen these fourteen great dreams, &c. (see §§ 79, 80, down to) emperor of the law.’ (85, 86)
3(83) After this the Kshatriya Siddhartha rose from his throne, went to the Kshatriy4#i Trisala behind the curtain, and addressed her thus: (84) ‘Now, O beloved of the gods, you have seen these fourteen great dreams, &c. (see §§ 79, 80, down to) emperor of the law.’ (85, 86) When the Kshatriya#t Trisala had heard and perceived this news, she—glad, pleased, and joyful, &c.—accepted the true meaning of the dreams. (87) With the permission of king Siddhartha she rose from her chair of state which was decorated with arabesques of various jewels and precious stones, ? Or a life annuity. 248 KALPA SOTRA. and returned to her own apartments, neither hasty nor trembling, with a quick and even gait like that of the royal swan. (88) From that moment in which the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira was brought into the family of the G#Atz7s, many demons! in Vaisramama’s service, belonging to the animal world, brought, on Sakra’s command, to the palace of king Siddhartha, old and ancient treasures, of which the owners, deponers, and families to whom they originally belonged were dead and extinct, and which were hidden in villages, or mines, or scot-free towns, or towns with earth walls, or towns with low walls, or isolated towns, or towns accessible by land and water, or towns’ accessible either by land or by water only, or in natural strongholds, or in halting-places for processions or for caravans, in triangular places, or in places where three or four roads meet, or in courtyards, or squares, or high roads, or on the site of villages or towns, or in drains of villages or towns, or in bazaars, or temples, or assembling halls, or wells, or parks, or gardens, or woods, or groves, or burying-places, or empty houses, or mountain caves, or hermits’ cells, or secret places between walls, or in houses on an elevation, or houses for audience, or palaces. (89) In the night in which the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira was brought into the family of the G#atris their silver increased, their gold increased ; their riches, corn, majesty, and kingdom increased ; their army, train, treasure, storehouse, town, seraglio, subjects, and glory increased; their real valuable property, as riches, gold, precious stones, jewels, * Gambhaya=Grimbhaka; what they are is not said in the commentaries. LIVES OF THE GINAS. 249 pearls, conches, stones, corals, rubies, &c., the intensity of their popularity and liberality highly increased. At that time the following personal, reflectional, desirable idea occurred to parents of the Venerable Ascetic Mah4vira: (90) ‘From the moment that this our boy has been begotten, our silver increased, our gold increased, &c. (see § 90, down to) the intensity of our liberality and popularity highly increased. Therefore when this our boy will be born, we shall give him the fit name, attributive and conformable to his quality— Vardhamana".’ (91) ,
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1(62) On the north-eastern side he ordered eight state chairs, covered with cloth and auspiciously decorated with white mustard, to be set down. Not too far from and not too near to himself, towards the interior of the palace, he had a curtain drawn. It was adorned with different jewels and precious stones, extremely worth seeing, very costly, and manufactured in a famous town; its soft cloth was all over covered with hundreds of patterns and decorated with pictures of wolves, bulls, horses, men, dolphins, birds, snakes, Kinnaras, deer, Sarabhas, Yaks, Samsaktas, elephants, shrubs, and plants. Behind it he ordered to be placed, for the KshatriyAmt Trisala, an excellent chair of state, decorated with arabesques of different jewels and precious stones, outfitted with a coverlet and a soft pillow, covered with a white cloth, very soft and agreeable to the touch. Then he called the family servants and spoke thus: (63) ‘Quickly, O beloved of the gods, call the interpreters of dreams who well know the science of prognostics with its eight branches, and are well versed in many sciences besides!’ When the family servants were thus spoken to by king Siddhartha, they—glad, pleased, and joyful, &c.—laid the folded hands on their heads and LIVES OF THE GINAS. ; 245 modestly accepted the words of command, saying, ‘Yes, master!’ (64) . Then they left the presence of the Kshatriya Siddhartha, went right through the town Kuzdapura to the houses of the interpreters of dreams, and called the interpreters of dreams. (65) Then the interpreters of dreams, being called by the Kshatriya Siddh4rtha’s family servants, glad, pleased, and joyful, &c., bathed, made the offering (to the house-gods)', performed auspicious rites and expiatory? acts, put on excellent, lucky, pure courtdress, adorned their persons with small but costly ornaments, and put, for the sake of auspiciousness, white mustard and Darva grass on their heads. Thus they issued from their own houses and went right through the Kshatriya part of the town Kumdapura to the front gate of king Siddhartha’s excellent palace, a jewel of its kind. (66) There they assembled and went to the exterior hall of audience in the presence of the Kshatriya Siddhartha. Joining the palms of their hands so as to bring the ten nails together, they laid the folded hands on their heads and gave him the greeting of victory. (67) The king Siddhartha saluted and honoured the interpreters of dreams, made them presents, and received them with respect. They sat down, one after the other, on the chairs of state which had been placed there before. (68) Then the Kshatriya Siddhartha placed his wife Trisala behind the curtain, and taking flowers and fruits in his hands, 1 Balikarman. 2 Payakkhitta = préyaskitta. The commentators explain it by padakdupta, touching their feet in order to avoid the wicked eye. $ 246 KALPA SOTRA. addressed with utmost courtesy the interpreters of dreams: (69)
22 Payakkhitta = préyaskitta. The commentators explain it by padakdupta, touching their feet in order to avoid the wicked eye. $ 246 KALPA SOTRA. addressed with utmost courtesy the interpreters of dreams: (69) ‘O beloved of the gods, the Kshatriy4ai Trisal was just on her couch, &c. (see § 32, down to the end). (7o and 71) What to be sure, O beloved of the gods, will be the result portended by these fourteen illustrious great dreams ?’ (72) When the interpreters of dreams had heard and perceived this news from the Kshatriya Siddh4rtha, they—glad, pleased, and joyful, &c.—fixed the dreams in their minds, entered upon considering them, and conversed together. (73) Having found, grasped, discussed, decided upon, and clearly understood the meaning of these dreams, they recited before king Siddhartha the dream-books and spoke thus: ‘O beloved of the gods, in our dream-books are enumerated forty-two (common) dreams and thirty great dreams. Now, O beloved of the gods, the mothers of universal monarchs or of Arhats wake up after seeing these fourteen great dreams out of the thirty great dreams, when the embryo of a universal monarch or an Arhat enters their womb ; (74) viz. an elephant, a bull, &c.(75) The mothers of Vasudevas wake up after seeing any seven great dreams out of these fourteen great dreams, when the embryo of a V4sudeva enters their womb. (76) The mothers of Baladevas wake up after seeing any four great dreams out of these fourteen great dreams, when the embryo of a Baladeva enters their womb. (77) The mother of Mazdalikas wake up after seeing a single great dream out of these fourteen great dreams, when the embryo of a Mazdalika enters their womb. (78) Now, O beloved LIVES OF THE GINAS. 247 of the gods, the Kshatriya4mt Trisala has seen these fourteen great dreams, &c. (see § 51, down to the end). (79) And this boy, &c. (see § 52, down to) the lord of a realm with a large and extensive army and train of waggons, a universal emperor or a Gina, the lord of the three worlds, the universal emperor of the law. (80). Therefore, O beloved of the gods, the Kshatriyamt Trisala has seen illustrious dreams,’ &c. (see § 9). (81) When king Siddhartha had heard and perceived this news from the interpreter of dreams, he—glad, pleased, and joyful, &c.—spoke'to them thus: (82) ‘That is so, O beloved of the gods, &c. (see § 11, down to) as you have pronounced it.’ Thus saying he accepted the true meaning of the dreams, and honoured the interpreters of dreams with praise and plenty of food, flowers, perfumes, garlands, and ornaments. He made them a present in keeping with their station in life’ and dismissed them. (83) After this the Kshatriya Siddhartha rose from his throne, went to the Kshatriy4#i Trisala behind the curtain, and addressed her thus: (84) ‘Now, O beloved of the gods, you have seen these fourteen great dreams, &c. (see §§ 79, 80, down to) emperor of the law.’ (85, 86)
3(83) After this the Kshatriya Siddhartha rose from his throne, went to the Kshatriy4#i Trisala behind the curtain, and addressed her thus: (84) ‘Now, O beloved of the gods, you have seen these fourteen great dreams, &c. (see §§ 79, 80, down to) emperor of the law.’ (85, 86) When the Kshatriya#t Trisala had heard and perceived this news, she—glad, pleased, and joyful, &c.—accepted the true meaning of the dreams. (87) With the permission of king Siddhartha she rose from her chair of state which was decorated with arabesques of various jewels and precious stones, ? Or a life annuity. 248 KALPA SOTRA. and returned to her own apartments, neither hasty nor trembling, with a quick and even gait like that of the royal swan. (88) From that moment in which the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira was brought into the family of the G#Atz7s, many demons! in Vaisramama’s service, belonging to the animal world, brought, on Sakra’s command, to the palace of king Siddhartha, old and ancient treasures, of which the owners, deponers, and families to whom they originally belonged were dead and extinct, and which were hidden in villages, or mines, or scot-free towns, or towns with earth walls, or towns with low walls, or isolated towns, or towns accessible by land and water, or towns’ accessible either by land or by water only, or in natural strongholds, or in halting-places for processions or for caravans, in triangular places, or in places where three or four roads meet, or in courtyards, or squares, or high roads, or on the site of villages or towns, or in drains of villages or towns, or in bazaars, or temples, or assembling halls, or wells, or parks, or gardens, or woods, or groves, or burying-places, or empty houses, or mountain caves, or hermits’ cells, or secret places between walls, or in houses on an elevation, or houses for audience, or palaces. (89) In the night in which the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira was brought into the family of the G#atris their silver increased, their gold increased ; their riches, corn, majesty, and kingdom increased ; their army, train, treasure, storehouse, town, seraglio, subjects, and glory increased; their real valuable property, as riches, gold, precious stones, jewels, * Gambhaya=Grimbhaka; what they are is not said in the commentaries. LIVES OF THE GINAS. 249 pearls, conches, stones, corals, rubies, &c., the intensity of their popularity and liberality highly increased. At that time the following personal, reflectional, desirable idea occurred to parents of the Venerable Ascetic Mah4vira: (90) ‘From the moment that this our boy has been begotten, our silver increased, our gold increased, &c. (see § 90, down to) the intensity of our liberality and popularity highly increased. Therefore when this our boy will be born, we shall give him the fit name, attributive and conformable to his quality— Vardhamana".’ (91) ,
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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