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MAHAVIRA'S BIRTH AND MENDICANCY in five handfuls. Sakra received it in his garment and cast it in the Ocean of Milk. When the tumult had been quieted by him having returned, the Lord of the Three Worlds recited the namaskāra to the Siddhas and adopted right-conduct (in accordance with the five vows).
The thirtieth year from his birth having passed, on the tenth day of the dark half of the month Saha,73 the moon being in Hastottara, in the last watch of the day, as the Lord was observing a two-day fast, in the presence of the three worlds, his mind-reading-knowledge became manifest at the same time as good-conduct.
13 199. Saha = Mārgaśīrşa, the first month of the cold season,
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