Lives of the Ginas. 227
womb of the Br&hmat Devinandi of the G&landha- r&ya#a gotra/
Thus he reflected and called Harmegamesi 1 , the
divine commander of the foot troops ; having called
him, he spoke thus : (22)
' Well, now, beloved of the gods, it never has hap- pened, &c. ( 17-20 are verbally repeated). (23-25)
' Therefore, go now and remove the Venerable
Ascetic Mahdvlra from the brahmanical part, &c.,
and place the embryo of the Kshatriyd#i TrLrald, &c.
(see 21). Having done this, return quickly to
report on the execution of my orders/ (26)
When Harmegamesi, 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 1 5) 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 6akra, the chief and
king of the gods, and descended towards the north-
eastern quarter ; then he transformed himself through
his magical power of transformation, and stretched
himself out for numerous Yo^anas like a staff, (during
which he seized) jewels, Va^ra, Vaurttrya, Lohi-
tiksha, Masdragalla, Hawsagarbha, Pulaka, Sau-
gandhika, 6yotisara, A^fana, A^anapulaka, 6&ta-
rtipa, Subhaga, Spharika, and Rish/a; (of these
precious materials) he rejected the gross particles,
and retained the subtle particles. (27) Then
1 This name is rendered Hariwaigamaishin in Sanskrit. He is represented in pictures as a man with the head of an antelope (haria). This is apparently the effect of a wrong etyjnology, interesting as the fact itself is.
228 KALPA SOTRA.
for a second time he transformed himself through
his magical power of transformation, and pro-
duced 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 mo-
tion of the gods right through numberless continents
and oceans, and arrived in Gambftdvtpa, in Bha-
ratavarsha, in the brahmanical part of the town
Kutfdkgr&ma, at the house of the Brihmawa /fc'sha-
bhadatta, where the Brihma^l Devslnandi dwelt.
Having arrived there, he made his bow in the sight
of the Venerable Ascetic Mah&vlra, and cast the
Brihmawi Devnand&, together with her retinue,
into a deep sleep ; then he took off all unclean par-
ticles, and brought forth the clean particles, and
saying, 'May the Venerable One permit me/ he
took the Venerable Ascetic Mah&vlra in the folded
palms of his hands without hurting him. Thus he
went to the Kshatriya part of the town Ku^agr&ma,
to the house of the Kshatriya SiddhSrtha, where
the Kshatriyiwt Trisali 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 Mah&-
vlra in the womb of the Kshatriyi^l Tri^ald, and
the embryo of the Kshatriy&#! Tri^ali he placed in
the womb of the Brhma#t Devinandi of the G&-
landhariya^a gotra. Having done so, he returned
in that direction in which he had come 1 . (28)
With that excellent, &c. (see $ 28), divine motion
1 The contents of 14-28 are contained in AHrdnga Sfttra II, 15. 4- )
Lives of the Gin as. 2 29
of the gods, he flew upwards right through number-
less continents and oceans, taking thousands of
Yo^anas in each motion, and arrived in the Sau-
dharma Kalpa, in the divine abode called Saudharma
Avatawsaka, where .Sakra, the chief and king of the
gods, sat on the throne called .Sakra, and reported
to 6akra, the chief and king of the gods, on the exe-
cution of his orders.
In that period, in that age the knowledge of the
Venerable Ascetic Mah&vlra was threefold; he
knew that he was to be removed ; he knew that
he was removed ; he knew not when he was being
removed 1 . (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 A^vina, after the
lapse of eighty-two days, on the eighty-third day
current (since his conception), the embryo of the
Venerable Ascetic Mahdvlra was, on the command
of 6akra, safely removed by Hari^egamesi from the
womb of the Brhmani Dev&nand to that of the
Kshatriydm TmalS. 2 , in the middle of the night,
when the moon was in conjunction witluthe asterism
Uttaraphalguni. (30)
End of the Second Lecture.
In that night in which the embryo of the Venerable
Ascetic Mah^vlra was removed from the womb of
the Br&hma^i Devinandi of the G&landharaya#a
gotra to that of the Kshatriy&#t TrLrali of the
1 In some MSS. the last part of this paragraph is placed at the end of the next one.
* The text repeats the. corresponding passage of ai.
23O KALPA SCTRA.
VAsish/Aa gotra, the former was on her couch taking
fits of sleep in a state between sleeping and
waking; and seeing that these fourteen illustrious 1
beautiful, lucky, blest, auspicious, fortunate, great
dreams were taken from her by the Kshatriy&#t
Tri^ald, she awoke. (31)
In that night in which the embryo of the Venerable
Ascetic Mahavira was removed from the womb of
the Brhma#l Devanandi of the G&landharya#a
gotra to that of the Kshatriy#l .T ribald of the
Vsish//6a 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 auspi-
cious figures; v/hich, 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 1 , and burning
frankincense ; was exquisitely scented with fine per-
fumes, 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, wad-
ding, Pftra 2 , 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 sandal-
powder (in such a room and on such a bed TrLralA
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, enor-
mous 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 (VaitA^ya) ;
whose temples were perfumed with fragrant musk-
fluid, which attracted the bees ; equalling in dimension
the best elephant of the king of the gods (Airivata);
uttering a fine deep sound like the thunder of a big
and large rain-cloud. (33)
2. Then she saw a tame, lucky bull, of a whiter hue
than that of the mass of petals of the white lotus, illu-
mining all around by the diffusion of a glory of light;
(a bull) whose lovely, resplendent, beautiful hump
was delightful through the collection of its charms,
whose glossy skin (was covered with) thin, fine, soft
hairs; whose body was firm, well made, muscular, com-
pact, lovely, well proportioned, and beautiful ; whose
horns were large, round, excellently beautiful, greased
at their tops, and pointed ; whose teeth were all
equal, shining, and pure. He foreboded innumerable
good qualities. (34)
3. Then she saw a handsome, handsomely shaped,
playful lion, jumping from the sky towards hf r face ;
a delightful and beautiful lion whiter than a heap of
pearls, &c. (see 33), who had strong and lovely
fore-arms, and a mouth adorned with round, large,
232 Kalpa
and well-set teeth ; whose lovely lips, splendent
through their proportions, and soft like a noble
lotus, looked as if they were artificially ornamented ;
whose palate 1 was soft and tender like the petals of
the red lotus, and the top of whose tongue was pro-
truding ; whose eyes were like pure lightning, and
revolved like red-hot excellent gold just poured out
from the crucible ; (a lion) with broad and large
thighs, and with full and excellent shoulders, who
was adorned with a mane of soft, white, thin, long
hair of the finest quality ; whose erect, well-shaped,
and well-grown tail was flapping ; the tops of whose
nails were deeply set and sharp ; whose beautiful
tongue came out of his mouth like a shoot of
beauty. (35)
4. Then she, with the face of the full moon, saw the
goddess of famous beauty, 6rt, on the top of Mount
Himavat, reposing on a lotus in the lotus lake,
anointed with the water from the strong and large
trunks of the guardian elephants. She sat on a lofty
throne. Her firmly placed feet resembled golden
tortoises, and her dyed, fleshy, convex, thin, red,
smooth nails were set in swelling muscles 2 . Her
hands and feet were like the leaves of the lotus, and
her fingers and toes soft and excellent; her round
and well-formed legs were adorned with the Kuru-
vindivarta 3 , and her knees with dimples. -Her fleshy
thighs resembled the proboscis of an excellent ele-
phant, and her lovely broad hips were encircled by
a golden zone. Her large and beautiful belly was
1 Another reading noticed in the commentary has tala, upper- side of the tongue, instead of tSlu, palate. 1 Literally elevated and fat. 1 An ornament according to the commentary.
Lives of the Gin as. 233
adorned by a circular navel, and contained a lovely
row of hairs (black as) collyrium, bees, or clouds,
straight, even, continuous, thin, admirable, handsome,
soft, and downy. Her waist, which contained the
three folds, could be encompassed with one hand.
On all parts of her body shone ornaments and trin-
kets, composed of many jewels and precious stones,
yellow and red gold. The pure cup-like pair of her
breasts sparkled, encircled by a garland of Kunda
flowers, in which glittered a string of pearls. She
wore strings of pearls made by diligent and clever
artists, shining with wonderful strings, a necklace of
jewels with a string of Dindrds 1 , and a trembling
pair of earrings, touching her shoulders, diffused a
brilliancy; but the united beauties and charms of
these ornaments were only subservient to the loveli-
ness of her face 2 . Her lovely eyes were large and
pure like the water lily. She sprinkled about the
sap from two lotus flowers which she held in her
splendid .hands, and gracefully fanned herself. Her
glossy, black, thick, smooth hair hung down in
a braid. (36)
5. Then she saw, coming down from the firma-
ment, a garland charmingly interwoven with fresh
Manddra flowers. It spread the delicious smell of
A"ampaka 3 , A^oka 4 , N&ga 5 Punn&ga 6 , Priyangu 7 ,
1 This word, corresponding to the Greek fyvdpiov, proves the late composition of this part of the Kalpa Sfitra.
3 I cannot accurately construe this passage ; my translation is therefore rather free, but, I believe, comes near the meaning of the original.
8 Michelia Champaka. 4 Jonesia Asoka.
8 Mesua Roxburghii. e Rottlera Tinctoria.
7 Panicum Italicum.
234 Kalpa
1 , Mudgara 2 , Mallikd 3 , 6&ti 4 , Yftthika 5 , An-
kolla 6 , Kora/z/akapatra 7 , Damanaka 8 ; Navaml-
likd 9 , Bakula 10 , Tilajca 11 , Visantika 12 , Nuphar,
Nymphaea, P/ala 13 , Kunda 14 , Atimukta 15 , and
Mango ; and perfumed the ten divisions of the uni-
verse with its incomparably delightful fragrance.
It was white through wreaths of fragrant flowers of
all seasons, and brilliant through splendid, beautiful
embellishments of many colours. Towards it came
humming swarms of different kinds of bees 16 , and
filled with their sweet noise the whole neighbour-
hood. (37)
6. And the moon : ^vhite as cow-milk, foam, spray of
water, or a silver cup, glorious, delighting heart and
eyes, full, dispelling the compact darkness of the thick-
est wilderness, whose crescent shines at the end of the
two halves of the month, opening the blossoms of
the groups of Nymphaeas, adorning the night, resem-
bling the surface of a well-polished mirror. She
was of a white hue, like a flamingo, the stars' head-
ornament, the quiver of Cupid's arrows, raising the
waters of the ocean, burning as it were disconsolate
I Acacia Sirisa. 2 A species of jasmine.
