1 Ala, windowa formed by flat stones which are perforated so ** to produce a network of more or less intricate design.
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bathing, combined with healthy exercises. When
this healthy excellent bathing under many hundred-
fold pleasures was over, he dried his body with
a long-haired, soft, scented, and coloured towel, put
on a new and costly excellent robe, rubbed himself
with fresh and fragrant Go^irsha 1 and sandal, and
ornamented himself with fine wreaths and sandal-oint-
ment. He put on (ornaments) of jewels and pearls,
hung round his neck fitting necklaces of eighteen,
nine, and three strings of pearls, and one with a
pearl pendant, and adorned himself with a zone. He
put on a collar, rings, and charming ornaments of
the hair, and encumbered his arms with excellent
bracelets : he was of excessive beauty. His face was
lighted up by earrings, and his head by a diadem ;
his breast was adorned and decked with necklaces,
and his fingers were, as it were, gilded by his rings.
His upper garment of fine cloth contained swinging
pearl pendants. He put on, as an emblem of his
undefeated knighthood, glittering, well-made, strong,
excellent, beautiful armlets, made by clever artists
of spotless and costly jewels, gold, and precious
stones of many kinds. In short, the king was like
the tree granting all desires, decorated and orna-
mented ; an umbrella, hung "with wreaths and gar-
lands of Kori/a flowers, was held above him. He
was fanned with white excellent chowries, while his
appearance was greeted with auspicious shouts of
victory. Surrounded by many chieftains, satraps,
kings, princes, knights, sheriffs, heads of families,
ministers, chief ministers, astrologers, counsellors,
servants, dancing masters, citizens, traders, mer-
chants, foremen of guilds, generals, leaders of cara-
1 Gojirsha is a superior kind of sandal. R 2
244 KALPA S^TRA.
vans, messengers, and frontier-guards, he the lord
and chief of men, a bull and a lion among men, shining
with excellent lustre and glory, lovely to behold like
the moon emerging from a great white cloud in the
midst of the flock of the planets and of brilliant
stars and asterisms left the bathing-house, (61)
entered the exterior hall of audience and sat down
on his throne with the face towards the east. (62)
On the north-eastern side he ordered eight state
chairs, covered with cloth and auspiciously deco-
rated 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 deco-
rated with pictures of wolves, bulls, horses, men,
dolphins, birds, snakes, Kinnaras, deer, 5arabhas,
Yaks, Sawsaktas, elephants, shrubs, and plants. Be-
hind it he ordered to be placed, for the Kshatri-
y&nl TrLrald, 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 inter-
preters 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 Siddhrtha, they glad, pleased, and joyful,
&c, laid the folded hands on their heads and
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modestly accepted the words of command, saying, 4 Yes, master!' (64)
Then they left the presence of the Kshatriya
Siddhcirtha, went right through the town Kuwafeipura
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 Siddh&rtha's family servants, glad,
pleased, and joyful, &c., bathed, made the offering
(to the house-gods) 1 , performed auspicious rites and
expiatory 2 acts, put on excellent, lucky, pure court-
dress, adorned their persons with small but costly
ornaments, and put, for the sake of auspiciousness,
white mustard and DftrvS, grass on their heads.
Thus they issued from their own houses and went
right through the Kshatriya part of the town Ku^a-
pura 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
Siddh&rtha. 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 Siddh^rtha saluted and honoured the
interpreters of dreams, made them presents, and re-
ceived 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
Siddh&rtha placed his wife Tmal& behind the cur-
tain, and taking flowers and fruits in his hands,
1 Balikarman.
2 PdyaAWitta = praya^itta. The commentators explain it by
, 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 Kshatriy#l TrisalS,
was just on her couch, &c. (see 32, down to the
end). (70 and 71) What to be sure, O beloved of
the gods, will be the result portended by these four-
teen illustrious great dreams ?' (72)
When the interpreters of dreams had heard and
perceived this news from the Kshatriya Siddhdrtha,
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 Vdsudeva enters their
womb. (76) The mothers of Baladevas wake up after
seeing any four great dreams out of these four-
teen great dreams, when the embryo of a Baladeva
enters their womb. (77) The mother of MiWalikas
wake up after seeing a single great dream out of
these fourteen great dreams, when the embryo of a
enters their womb. (78) Now, O beloved
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of the gods, the Kshatriyiwi Trisall 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 ina,
the lord of the three worlds, the universal emperor
of the law. (80). Therefore, O beloved of the
gods, the KshatriyA^l TrLsalS, has seen illustrious
dreams/ &c. (see 9). (8 1 )
When king Siddhdrtha 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 n, 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 l and dismissed
them. (83)
After this the Kshatriya Siddhirtha rose from his
throne, went to the Kshatriyi^l TrLrali 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 Kshatriydwl Tri^ali 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 Siddhdrtha she rose
from her chair of state which was decorated with
arabesques of various jewels and precious stones,
1 Or a life annuity.
248 KALPA S^TRA.
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
Mah&vlra was brought into the family of the Gntris,
many demons 1 in VaLsramaTza'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 fami-
lies 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 strong-
holds, 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
MahUvlra was brought into the family of the
Gntrh 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,
ns (rrimbhaka ; what they are is not said in the commentaries.
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pearls, conches, stones, corals, rubies, &c., the inten-
sity of their popularity and liberality highly in-
creased. At that time the following personal,
reflectional, desirable idea occurred to parents of
the Venerable Ascetic Mah&vira : (90)
1 From the moment that this our boy has been
begotten, our silver increased, our gold increased,
&c. (see 90, clown 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
Vardham^na V (91)
Now the Venerable Ascetic Mahvlra, out of
compassion for his mother, did not move nor stir
nor quiver, but remained quiet, stiff, and motionless.
Then the following, &c. (see 90, down to) idea
occurred to the mind of the Kshatriya^i Tmala :
' The fruit of my womb has been taken from me,
it has died, it is fallen, it is lost. Formerly it
moved, now it does not move/ Thus with anxious
thoughts and ideas, plunged in a sea of sorrow and
misery, reposing her head on her hand, overcome
by painful reflections, ^nd casting her eyes on the
ground she meditated. And in the palace of king
Siddhirtha the music of drums and stringed instru-
ments, the clapping of hands, the dramatical per-
formances, and the amusements of the people ceased,
and mournful dejection reigned there. (92)
Then the Venerable Ascetic Mah^vira, knowing
that such an internal, &c. (see 90, down to) idea
had occurred to the mind of his mother, lie quivered
a little. (93)
1 I.e. 'the increasing one* not as we should expect, and Steven- son translated, the Increaser.
250 Kalpa
Feeling her child quivering, trembling, moving,
and stirring, the Kshatriyd^t TriLsald glad, pleased,
and joyful, &c. spoke thus : ' No, forsooth, the fruit
of my womb has not been taken from me, it has not
died, it is not fallen, it is not lost. Formerly it did
not move, but now it does move/ Thus she was
glad, pleased, and joyful, &c.
Then the Venerable Ascetic Mahivfra, while in
her womb, formed the following resolution : * It will
not behove me, during the life of my parents, to
tear out my hair, and leaving the house to enter the
state of houselessness/ (94)
Bathing, makingofferings to the house-gods, perform-
ing auspicious rites and expiatory acts, and adorning
herself with all ornaments, theKshatriy#!Trisal&kept
off sickness, sorrow, fainting, fear, and fatigue by food
and clothing, perfumes and garlands, which were not
too cold nor too hot, not too bitter nor too pungent,
not too astringent nor too sour nor too swe.et, not too
smooth nor too rough, not too wet nor too dry, but
all just suiting the season. In the proper place and
time she ate only such food which was good, suffi-
cient, and healthy for the nourishment of her child.
She took her walks in places which were empty and
agreeable as well as delightful to the mind ; her
desires were laudable, fulfilled, honoured, not disre-
garded, but complied with and executed ; she most
comfortably dozed, reposed, remained, sat, and laid
on unobjectionable and soft beds and seats, and
thus most comfortably carried her unborn child. (95)
In that period, in that age the Venerable- Ascetic
Mahdvlra l after the lapse of nine months and
