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CHAPTER TWO
et cetera. At the end of the first watch the Lord ceased to preach; and the gaṇabhịt Kumbha, occupying his footstool, delivered a sermon. He also ceased preaching at the end of the second watch. Sakra and the others bowed to the Lord and went to their respective homes.
Śāsanadevatās (97–101) Yaksendra, six-faced, three-eyed, dark, with a conch for a vehicle, his six right arms holding a citron, an arrow, a sword, a hammer, a noose, and bestowing fearlessness, his six left arms holding an ichneumon, a bow, and shield, a trident, a goad, and a rosary; a goddess Dhāriņī, bluebodied, with a lotus-seat, with two right arms holding a citron and a blue lotus, with two left arms holding a red lotus and a rosary, became the Lord's messenger-deities, always near at hand.
With them always in close attendance the Blessed One wandered over the earth and one day stopped in a samavasaraṇa in the town Padminikhanda. When Lord Ara had stopped after delivering a sermon, Kumbha, like the Master, preached a sermon destroying all doubt.
Story of Virabhadra (103–376) A certain dwarf who had come to hear dharma sat down, and then Sheth 18 Sāgaradatta bowed to Kumbha and said:
"Blessed One, by the nature of existence all creatures are afflicted by pain. I am especially afflicted since there is not an atom of comfort. By my wife Jinamati I had a daughter, Priyadarśanā, who excelled goddesses in beauty. She attained an unusual skill in the arts and reached adolescence distinguished by a wealth of beauty and
18 103. Sreșthin seems to be used throughout this story quite in its modern use in the form Sheth (setha), which is a form of address for persons prominent in the business world, generally Jains or Hindus of the vaiśya caste.
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