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could see and listen to a Tirthankar's sermon in harmony. Tradition has it that once an Arihanta (Jina) attains Keval-jnän he gives sermons several times a day in the local language of the people, which was Ardhamägadhi Präkrit.
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Grand Entrance of the Samavasaran arranged by the heavenly beings or devas
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The Samavasaran is depicted as a square or a circle. There are clear affinities between this and the pattern of certain auspicious diagrams.
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