8 Jasminum Zambac. 4 Jasminum Grandiflorum.
6 Jasminum Auriculatum. 6 Alangium Hexapetalum.
7 Not specialised in our dictionaries. 8 Artemisia Indica.
9 The many-flowered Nykanthes or Jasminum Zambac.
10 Mimusops Elengi.
II Clerodendum Phlomoides or Symplocos Racemosa.
ia Gaertnera Racemosa. 13 Bignonia Suaveolens.
14 Fragrant Oleander.
15 Diospyros Glutinos or Dalbergia Ougeinense.
16 Sha/pada, madhukarl, bhramara. The sha/pada are literally six-footed bees, as Stevenson correctly translated, but he strangely reckons them among the preternatural animals, like the Four-tusked elephants, dear to the imagination of the Gains!
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people when absent from their sweethearts, the
large, glorious, wandering headmark of the celestial
sphere beloved in heart and soul by Rohi#t l . Such
was the glorious, beautiful, resplendent full moon
which the queen saw, (38)
7. Then she saw the large sun, the dispeller of
the mass of darkness, him of radiant form, red like
the Aroka, the open Kiwsuka, the bill of a parrot,
or the Gu/^drdha 2 , the adorner of the lotus groups,
the marker of the starry host, the lamp of the firma-
ment, throttling as it were the mass of cold, the
illustrious leader of the troop of planets, the
destroyer of night, who only at his rising and setting
may be well viewed, but (at all other times) is diffi-
cult to be regarded, who disperses evil-doers that
stroll about at night, who stops the influence of cold,
who always circles round Mount Meru, whose thou-
sand rays obscure the lustre of other lights 8 . (39)
8. Then she saw an extremely beautiful and very
large flag, a sight for all people, of a form attractive
to the beholders. It was fastened to a golden staff
with a tuft of many soft and waving peacock's
feathers of blue, red, yellow, and white colours, and
seemed as if it would pierce the brilliant, celestial
sphere, with the brilliant lion on its top, who was
white like crystal, pearlmother, Anka-stone, Kunda-
flowers, spray of water, or a silver cup. (40)
1 The commentators understand this passage
yavallabhaw) differently by explaining hiyaya by hitada, the lover
of Rohwi who did her mind good.
2 According to Stevenson : the red side of the retti seed.
8 Or if we adopt a various reading, mentioned in -the com- mentary, paya</iya, we must translate : whose luminous glory was set forth by his thousand rays.
236 KALPA S0TRA.
9. Then she saw a full vase of costly metal 1 ,
splendent with fine gold, filled with pure water,
excellent, of brilliant beauty, and shining with a
bouquet of water lilies. It united many excellencies
and all-auspicious marks, and stood on a lotus-
(shaped foot), shining with excellent jewels 2 . It
delighted the eyes, glittered and illumined all about ;
it was the abode of happy Fortune, free from all
faults, fine, splendid, exquisitely beautiful, entwined
with a wreath of fragrant flowers of all seasons. (41)
10. Then she saw a lake, called Lotus Lake,
adorned with water lilies. Its yellow water was
perfumed by lotuses opening in the rays of the morn-
ing sun ; it abounded with swarms of aquatic animals,
and fed fishes. It was large, and seemed to burn
through the wide-spreading, glorious beauty of all
kinds of lotu ses 3 . I ts shape and beauty were pleasing.
The lotuses in it were licked by whole swarms of gay
bees and mad drones. Pairs of swans, cranes, A^akra-
vkas, ducks, Indian cranes, and many other lusty
birds resorted to its waters, and on the leaves of its
lotuses sparkled water-drops like pearls 4 . It was a
sight, pleasing to the heart and the eye. (42)
n. Then she whose face was splendid like the
1 The original has ray ay a, silver, but as the commentary re- marks, this would be in conflict with the epithet which we have put next, but which, in the original, is separated from it by many lines. Unless the author has blundered, which from his vague style seems far from impossible, the word must here have a more indefinite meaning than it usually has.
* This passage may also be translated : standing on a lotus filled with pollen, of excellent workmanship.
8 Specialised in the text as kamula, kuvalaya, utpala, tamarasa, and puftt&rfka.
4 According to the commentary ; the textus receptus is, many water-drops.
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moon in autumn, saw the milk-ocean, equalling in
beauty the breast of Lakshml, which is white like
the mass of moon-beams. Its waters increased in
all four directions, and raged with ever-changing
and moving, excessively high waves. It presented
a splendid and pleasant spectacle as it rushed to
and from the shore with its wind-raised, changeable,
and moving billows, its tossing waves, and its rolling,
splendid, transparent breakers. From it issued
camphor-white foam under the lashing (tails) of
great porpoises, fishes, whales, and other monsters
of the deep 1 . Its agitated waters were in great
uproar, occasioned by the vortex Gangivarta, which
the vehemence and force of the great rivers pro-
duced; they rose, rushed onwards and backwards,
and eddied. (43)
12. Then she saw a celestial abode excelling
among the best of its kind, like the lotus (among
flowers). It shone like the morning sun's disk, and
was of a dazzling beauty. Its thousand and eight
excellent columns (inlaid with) the best gold and
heaps of jewels diffused a brilliant light like a hea-
venly lamp, and the pearls fastened to its curtains
glittered. It was hung with brilliant divine garlands,
and decorated with pictures of wolves, bulls, horses,
men, dolphins, birds, snakes, Kinnaras, deer, 6a-
rabhas, Yaks, Sawsaktas 2 , elephants, shrubs, and
plants. There the Gandharvas performed their
concerts, and the din of the drums of the gods,
1 The original has timihgila-niruddha-tilitilika.
* Sa/wsakta, which I do not find mentioned elsewhere, is ex- plained, ' a kind of beast of prey ; ' I think that sawsakta -may be an adjective specifying the following word, and mean 4 fighting' elephants.
238 KALPA S^TRA.
imitating the sound of big and large rain-clouds,
penetrated the whole inhabited world. It was highly
delightful through curling, scented fumes of black
aloe, the finest Kundurukka and Turushka, burning
frankincense and other perfumes. It (shed) conti-
nuous light, was white, of excellent lustre, delighting
the best of gods, and affording joy and pleasure. (44)
13. Then she saw an enormous heap of jewels
containing Pulaka, Va^ra, Indranlla, Sasyaka, Kar-
ketana, Lohit&ksha, Marakata, Prab41a, Saugandhika,
Spharika, Hawsagarbha, A^iana, and A"andrakdnta.
Its base was on the level of the earth, and it illu-
mined with its jewels even the sphere of the sky.
It was high and resembled Mount Meru. (45)
14. And a fire. She saw a fire in vehement
motion, fed with much-shining and honey-coloured
ghee, smokeless, crackling, and extremely beautiful
with its burning flames. The mass of its flames,
which rose one above the other, seemed to inter-
penetrate each other, and the blaze of its flames
appeared to bake the firmament in some places. (46)
After having seen these fine, beautiful, lovely,
handsome dreams, the lotus-eyed queen awoke on
her bed while the hair of her body bristled for joy.
Every mother of a Tirthakara sees these fourteen
dreams in that night in which the famous Arhat
enters her womb. (46 b)
End of the Third Lecture.
When the Kshatriy#l Trisali, having seen these
fourteen illustrious, great dreams, awoke, she was
glad, pleased, and joyful, &c. (see 5, down to) rose
from her couch, and descended from the footstool.
Neither hasty nor trembling, with a quick and even
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gait like that of the royal swan, she went to the couch
of the Kshatriya Siddhirtha. There she awakened
the Kshatriya Siddhdrtha, addressing him with kind,
pleasing, amiable, tender, illustrious, beautiful, lucky,
blest, auspicious, fortunate, heart-going, heart-easing,
well-measured, sweet, and soft words. (47)
Then the Kshatriyd^l T ribald, with the permission
of king Siddh^rtha, sat down on a chair of state
inlaid with various jewels and precious stones in the
form of arabesques ; calm and composed, sitting oji
an excellent, comfortable chair, she addressed him
with kind, pleasing, &c. (see last paragraph), words,
and spoke thus : (48)
' O beloved of the gods, I was just now on my
couch (as described in 32), &e. (see 5), and awoke
after having seen the fourteen dreams; to wit, an
elephant, &c. What, to be sure, O my lord, will be
the happy result portended by these fourteen illus-
trious, great dreams ? ' (49)
When the Kshatriya Siddhdrtha had heard and
perceived this news from the Kshatriyawl Trisala,
he glad, pleased, and joyful, &c. (see 5, down to)
firmly fixed the dreams in his mind, and entered
upon considering them ; he grasped the meaning of
those dreams with his own innate intelligence and
intuition which were preceded by reflection, and
addressing the Kshatriyd^i Trl$al& with kind,
pleasing, &c., words, spoke thus : (50)
' O beloved of the gods, you have seen illus-
trious dreams, &c. (see 9, down to) you will
give birth to a lovely, handsome boy, who will be
the ensign of our family, the lamp of our family,
the crown 1 of our family, the frontal ornament
(avatamsaka) is here rendered by jekhara.
24O KALPA S^TRA.
of our family, the maker of our family's glory,
the sun of our family, the stay of our family, the
maker of our family's joy and fame, the tree of our
family, the exalter of our family ; (a boy) with tender
hands and feet, &c. (see 9, down to the end). (51)
And this boy, after having passed childhood, and,
with just ripened intellect, having reached the state
of youth, will become a brave, gallant, and valorous
king, the lord of the realm, with a large and exten-
sive army and train of waggons. (52) Therefore, O
beloved of the gods, you have seen illustrious, &c.,
dreams, &c. (see 9).'
In this way he repeatedly expressed his extreme satisfaction.
When the Kshatriy^l Trisali had heard and
perceived this news from king Siddhdrtha, she
glad, pleased, and joyful, &c. (see 12, down to)
and spoke thus: (53)
' That is so, O beloved of the gods, &c. (see 13, down to) as you have pronounced it/
Thus saying she accepted the true meaning of
the dreams, and with the permission of king Sid-
dhirtha she rose from her chair of state, inlaid with
various jewels and precious stones in the form of
arabesques. She then returned to her own bed,
neither hasty nor trembling, with a quick and
even gait like that of the royal swan, and spoke
thus: (54)
* These my excellent and pre-eminent dreams shall not be counteracted by other bad dreams.'
Accordingly she remained awake to save her
dreams by means of (hearing) good, auspicious,
pious, agreeable stories about gods and religious
men. (55)
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At the time of daybreak the Kshatriya Siddhrtha called his family servants and spoke thus : (56)
' Now, beloved of the gods, quickly make ready,
or have made ready, the exterior hall of audience ;
see that it be sprinkled with scented water, cleaned,
swept, and newly smeared, furnished with offerings
of fragrant, excellent flowers of all five colours,
made highly delightful through curling scented
fumes, &c. (see 32, down to) and turned, as it
were, into a smelling box ; also erect my throne,
and having clone this quickly return, and report on
the execution of my orders/ (57)
When the family servants were thus spoken to
by king Siddh&rtha, they glad, pleased, and joyful,
&c. (see 12, down to) on their heads, and modestly
accepted the words of command, saying, * Yes,
master! 7 Then they left the presence of the Ksha-
triya Siddhrtha, and went to the exterior hall of
audience, made it ready, and erected the throne (as
described in the last paragraph). Having done this,
they returned to the Kshatriya Siddhcirtha ; joining
the palms of their hands so as to bring the ten nails
together, laid the folded hands on their heads, and
reported on the execution of their orders. (58)
Early at the wane of the night, when the bright
morning disclosed the soft flowers of the full-blown
lotuses and Nymphaeas, rose the sun : he was red like
the A^oka, the open Ki^mika, the bill of a parrot
or the Gu#&rdha ; of an intense redness like that
of the Bandhu^aka 1 , the feet and eyes of the turtle
dove, the scarlet eyes of the Indian cuckoo, a mass
of China roses, or vermilion. He, the thousand-rayed
maker of the day, shining in his radiance, awakened
1 Pentapetes Phoenicea.
Kalpa
the groups of lotuses. When in due time the god
of the day had risen and by the blows of his hands
(or rays) the darkness was driven away, while the
inhabited world was, as it were, dipped in saffron by
the morning sun, the Kshatriya Siddhdrtha rose
from his bed, (59) descended from the footstool,
went to the hall for gymnastic exercises, and entered
it. There he applied himself to many wholesome
exercises, jumped, wrestled, fenced, and fought till
he got thoroughly tired : then he was anointed with
hundredfold and thousandfold refined different kinds
of oil, which nourished, beautified, invigorated, exhi-
larated, strengthened, and increased all senses and
limbs. On an oiled hide he was shampooed by
clever men with soft and tender palms of the hands
and soles of the . feet, who were well acquainted
with the best qualities of the practices of anointing,
kneading, and stretching ; well trained, skilful, excel-
lent, expert, intelligent, and never tiring. When by
this fourfold agreeable treatment of the body the
king's bones, flesh, skin, and hair had been bene-
fited, and his fatigues banished, he left the hall for
gymnastic exercises, (60) and entered the bathing-
house. The pleasant bathing-room was very agree-
able, and contained many windows 1 , ornamented
with pearls; its floor was decorated with mosaic
of various jewels and precious stones. On the bath-
fog-stool, inlaid with various jewels and precious
stones in the form of arabesques, he comfortably
sat down and bathed himself with ^ water scented
with flowers and perfumes, with tepid water and
pure water, according to an excellent method of
