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1Anandapura is identified with Mah4sth4na by Ginaprabhamuni, and with Badanagara by Samayasundara. Some scholars have assumed, but not proved, that this Dhruvasena is identical with one of the Valabhi kings of the same name. 4. The removal of the Paggusan by Kélakaéarya from the fifth to the fourth Bhadrapada. LIVES OF THE GINAS. 271 LIFE OF PARSVA. In that period, in that age lived the Arhat PArsva, the people’s favourite’, the five most important moments of whose life happened when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Visakh4: in Visékha he descended (from heaven), and having descended thence, entered the womb (of his mother); in Visékha he was born; in Visakh4, tearing out his hair, he left the house and entered the state of houselessness ; in Visikh4 he obtained the highest knowledge and intuition, called Kevala, which is infinite, supreme, unobstructed, unimpeded, complete, and full ; in Visikha he obtained final liberation. (149) In that period, in that age, in the first month of summer, in the first fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Xaitra, on its fourth day, the Arhat P&rsva, the people’s favourite, descended from the Prazata Kalpa?, where he had lived for twenty Sagaropamas, here on the continent Gambfdvipa, in Bharatavarsha, in the town of Benares; and in the middle of the night when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism VisakhA, after the termination of his allotted length of life, divine nature, and existence (among the gods), he took the form of an embryo in the womb of the queen Vam4, wife of Asvasena, king (of Benares). (150) The knowledge of the Arhat Parsva, the people’s 1 Purisiddniya, explained: who is to be chosen among men because of his preferable karman. 3 This is the tenth world of the gods. 272 KALPA SOTRA. favourite, (about this) was threefold, &c. (repeat §§ 3-95 after making the necessary substitutions, and omitting what exclusively applies to Mahavira, all down to) comfortably carried her unborn child. (151) In that period, in that age the Arhat Parsva, the people’s favourite \—after the lapse of nine months and seven and a half days, in the second month of winter, in the third fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Paushya, on its tenth day, in the middle of the night when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Viskha—(V4mé), perfectly healthy herself, gave birth to a perfectly healthy boy. (152) — In that night in which the Arhat Parsva, the people’s favourite, was born, &c. (repeat §§ 97-107 with the necessary alterations, all down to) therefore shall the name of our boy be Parsva?. (153, 154) The Arhat Parsva, the people’s favourite, clever, with the aspirations of a clever man, of great beauty, controlling his senses, lucky, and modest, lived thirty years as a householder. Then the LaukAntika gods, following the established custom, addressed him with these kind, pleasing, &c., sweet, and soft words: (155)
2Then the LaukAntika gods, following the established custom, addressed him with these kind, pleasing, &c., sweet, and soft words: (155) ‘Victory, victory to thee, gladdener of the world!’ (see § 111, down to) Thus they raised the shout of victory. (156) Before the Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, had adopted the life of a householder, &c. (see § 112, down to) indigent persons. 1 As regards the construction of this passage compare § 96, note I. ® This name was given him because before his birth his mother, lying on her couch, saw in the dark a black serpent crawling about. This is the account given by the commentator, who forgets to tell us how it comes to bear on the name P4rsva. LIVES OF THE GINAS. 273 In the second month of winter, in the third fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Paushya, on its eleventh day, in the middle of the night, riding in his palankin called Visala, followed on his way by a train of gods, men, and Asuras, &c. (Parsva) went right through the town of Benares to the park called Asramapada, and proceeded to the excellent tree Asoka. There, &c. (see § 116, down to) five handfuls. When the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Visakh4, he, after fasting three and a half days without drinking water, put on a divine robe, and together with three hundred men he tore out his hair, and leaving the house entered the state of houselessness. (157) The Arhat P&rsva, the people’s favourite, for eighty-three days neglected his body, &c. (see § 117, down to) animals. (158) Thereafter the Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, was houseless, circumspect, &c. (see §§ 118-120, down to) meditated upon himself for eighty-three days. During the eighty-fourth day—it was in the first month of summer, in the first fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of aitra, on its fourth day, in the early part of the day, when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism VisAkha—Parsva, under a DhAataki tree, after fasting two and a half days without drinking water, being engaged in deep meditation, reached the infinite, &c. (see § 120, down to) highest knowledge and intuition called Kevala, &c. (see § 121, down to) moment. (159) The Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, had eight Gazas and eight Gamadharas (enumerated in a Sloka): (22] T 274 KALPA SOTRA. Subha and Aryaghosha, Vasish¢sa! and Brahma- Aérin, Saumya and Sridhara, Virabhadra and Yasas. (160)
3(see § 121, down to) moment. (159) The Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, had eight Gazas and eight Gamadharas (enumerated in a Sloka): (22] T 274 KALPA SOTRA. Subha and Aryaghosha, Vasish¢sa! and Brahma- Aérin, Saumya and Sridhara, Virabhadra and Yasas. (160) The Arhat Parsva, the people’s favourite, had an excellent community of sixteen thousand Sramazas with Aryadatta? at their head; (161) thirty-eight thousand nuns with Pushpadla at their head; (162) one hundred and sixty-four thousand lay votaries with Suvrata at their head; (163) three hundred and twenty-seven thousand female lay votaries with Sunandé at their head; (164) three hundred and fifty sages who knew the fourteen Pirvas, &c. (see § 138); (165) fourteen hundred sages who were possessed of the Avadhi knowledge; one thousand Kevalins ; eleven hundred sages who could transform themselves, six hundred sages of correct knowledge, one thousand male and two thousand female disciples who had reached perfection, seven hundred and fifty sages of vast intellect, six hundred professors, and twelve hundred sages in their last birth. (166) The Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, instituted two epochs in his capacity of a Maker of an end: the epoch relating to generations and the epoch relating to psychical condition; the former ended in the fourth generation, the latter in the third year of his Kevaliship. (167) In that period, in that age the Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, lived thirty years as a householder, eighty-three days in a state inferior to perfection, something less than seventy years as a Kevalin, full seventy years as a Sramawa, and a hundred years on the whole. ' C. has VisiésAa, i. e. Visishéa. * Ariyadinna in the original. LIVES OF THE GINAS. 275 When his fourfold Karman’ was exhausted and in this Avasarpimi era the greater part of the Du/shamasushama period had elapsed, in the first month of the rainy season, in the second fortnight, the light (fortnight) of Sravama, on its eighth day, in the early part of the day when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Visakhd, (P4rsva), after fasting a month without drinking water, on the summit of mount Sammeta, in the company of eighty-three persons, stretching out his hands, died, &c. (all down to) freed from all pains. (168) Since the time that the Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, died, &c. (all down to) freed from all pains, twelve centuries have elapsed, and of the thirteenth century this is the thirtieth year. (169) End of the Life of Parsva. 1 See § 147. 276 KALPA SOTRA. LIFE OF ARISHZ7ANEMI. In that period, in that age lived the Arhat Arishéanemi, the five most important moments of whose life happened when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Xitra. In Aitra he descended from heaven, &c. (see § 149, down to) obtained final liberation. (170)
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1Anandapura is identified with Mah4sth4na by Ginaprabhamuni, and with Badanagara by Samayasundara. Some scholars have assumed, but not proved, that this Dhruvasena is identical with one of the Valabhi kings of the same name. 4. The removal of the Paggusan by Kélakaéarya from the fifth to the fourth Bhadrapada. LIVES OF THE GINAS. 271 LIFE OF PARSVA. In that period, in that age lived the Arhat PArsva, the people’s favourite’, the five most important moments of whose life happened when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Visakh4: in Visékha he descended (from heaven), and having descended thence, entered the womb (of his mother); in Visékha he was born; in Visakh4, tearing out his hair, he left the house and entered the state of houselessness ; in Visikh4 he obtained the highest knowledge and intuition, called Kevala, which is infinite, supreme, unobstructed, unimpeded, complete, and full ; in Visikha he obtained final liberation. (149) In that period, in that age, in the first month of summer, in the first fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Xaitra, on its fourth day, the Arhat P&rsva, the people’s favourite, descended from the Prazata Kalpa?, where he had lived for twenty Sagaropamas, here on the continent Gambfdvipa, in Bharatavarsha, in the town of Benares; and in the middle of the night when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism VisakhA, after the termination of his allotted length of life, divine nature, and existence (among the gods), he took the form of an embryo in the womb of the queen Vam4, wife of Asvasena, king (of Benares). (150) The knowledge of the Arhat Parsva, the people’s 1 Purisiddniya, explained: who is to be chosen among men because of his preferable karman. 3 This is the tenth world of the gods. 272 KALPA SOTRA. favourite, (about this) was threefold, &c. (repeat §§ 3-95 after making the necessary substitutions, and omitting what exclusively applies to Mahavira, all down to) comfortably carried her unborn child. (151) In that period, in that age the Arhat Parsva, the people’s favourite \—after the lapse of nine months and seven and a half days, in the second month of winter, in the third fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Paushya, on its tenth day, in the middle of the night when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Viskha—(V4mé), perfectly healthy herself, gave birth to a perfectly healthy boy. (152) — In that night in which the Arhat Parsva, the people’s favourite, was born, &c. (repeat §§ 97-107 with the necessary alterations, all down to) therefore shall the name of our boy be Parsva?. (153, 154) The Arhat Parsva, the people’s favourite, clever, with the aspirations of a clever man, of great beauty, controlling his senses, lucky, and modest, lived thirty years as a householder. Then the LaukAntika gods, following the established custom, addressed him with these kind, pleasing, &c., sweet, and soft words: (155)
2Then the LaukAntika gods, following the established custom, addressed him with these kind, pleasing, &c., sweet, and soft words: (155) ‘Victory, victory to thee, gladdener of the world!’ (see § 111, down to) Thus they raised the shout of victory. (156) Before the Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, had adopted the life of a householder, &c. (see § 112, down to) indigent persons. 1 As regards the construction of this passage compare § 96, note I. ® This name was given him because before his birth his mother, lying on her couch, saw in the dark a black serpent crawling about. This is the account given by the commentator, who forgets to tell us how it comes to bear on the name P4rsva. LIVES OF THE GINAS. 273 In the second month of winter, in the third fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Paushya, on its eleventh day, in the middle of the night, riding in his palankin called Visala, followed on his way by a train of gods, men, and Asuras, &c. (Parsva) went right through the town of Benares to the park called Asramapada, and proceeded to the excellent tree Asoka. There, &c. (see § 116, down to) five handfuls. When the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Visakh4, he, after fasting three and a half days without drinking water, put on a divine robe, and together with three hundred men he tore out his hair, and leaving the house entered the state of houselessness. (157) The Arhat P&rsva, the people’s favourite, for eighty-three days neglected his body, &c. (see § 117, down to) animals. (158) Thereafter the Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, was houseless, circumspect, &c. (see §§ 118-120, down to) meditated upon himself for eighty-three days. During the eighty-fourth day—it was in the first month of summer, in the first fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of aitra, on its fourth day, in the early part of the day, when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism VisAkha—Parsva, under a DhAataki tree, after fasting two and a half days without drinking water, being engaged in deep meditation, reached the infinite, &c. (see § 120, down to) highest knowledge and intuition called Kevala, &c. (see § 121, down to) moment. (159) The Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, had eight Gazas and eight Gamadharas (enumerated in a Sloka): (22] T 274 KALPA SOTRA. Subha and Aryaghosha, Vasish¢sa! and Brahma- Aérin, Saumya and Sridhara, Virabhadra and Yasas. (160)
3(see § 121, down to) moment. (159) The Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, had eight Gazas and eight Gamadharas (enumerated in a Sloka): (22] T 274 KALPA SOTRA. Subha and Aryaghosha, Vasish¢sa! and Brahma- Aérin, Saumya and Sridhara, Virabhadra and Yasas. (160) The Arhat Parsva, the people’s favourite, had an excellent community of sixteen thousand Sramazas with Aryadatta? at their head; (161) thirty-eight thousand nuns with Pushpadla at their head; (162) one hundred and sixty-four thousand lay votaries with Suvrata at their head; (163) three hundred and twenty-seven thousand female lay votaries with Sunandé at their head; (164) three hundred and fifty sages who knew the fourteen Pirvas, &c. (see § 138); (165) fourteen hundred sages who were possessed of the Avadhi knowledge; one thousand Kevalins ; eleven hundred sages who could transform themselves, six hundred sages of correct knowledge, one thousand male and two thousand female disciples who had reached perfection, seven hundred and fifty sages of vast intellect, six hundred professors, and twelve hundred sages in their last birth. (166) The Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, instituted two epochs in his capacity of a Maker of an end: the epoch relating to generations and the epoch relating to psychical condition; the former ended in the fourth generation, the latter in the third year of his Kevaliship. (167) In that period, in that age the Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, lived thirty years as a householder, eighty-three days in a state inferior to perfection, something less than seventy years as a Kevalin, full seventy years as a Sramawa, and a hundred years on the whole. ' C. has VisiésAa, i. e. Visishéa. * Ariyadinna in the original. LIVES OF THE GINAS. 275 When his fourfold Karman’ was exhausted and in this Avasarpimi era the greater part of the Du/shamasushama period had elapsed, in the first month of the rainy season, in the second fortnight, the light (fortnight) of Sravama, on its eighth day, in the early part of the day when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Visakhd, (P4rsva), after fasting a month without drinking water, on the summit of mount Sammeta, in the company of eighty-three persons, stretching out his hands, died, &c. (all down to) freed from all pains. (168) Since the time that the Arhat P4rsva, the people’s favourite, died, &c. (all down to) freed from all pains, twelve centuries have elapsed, and of the thirteenth century this is the thirtieth year. (169) End of the Life of Parsva. 1 See § 147. 276 KALPA SOTRA. LIFE OF ARISHZ7ANEMI. In that period, in that age lived the Arhat Arishéanemi, the five most important moments of whose life happened when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Xitra. In Aitra he descended from heaven, &c. (see § 149, down to) obtained final liberation. (170)
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