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festival of Divālī to keep the memory of the day of Bhagavāna's nirvana alive. This was the beginning of the Dīpāvalī festival.
References
1. Dhammo mangalamukkitha, ahimsā sanjamo tavo.
Devā vi tam ņamassanti, jassa dhamme sayā mano.
Śrimad Bhāgavat; 513 3. Ch. 17,18 4. 4/13 5. Ch. 24 6. Aryā Manjuśrī; 390-392 7. Adipurāņa of Bhagavajjinasena -- 15/149,37/203; Purudeva
Campū -- 6132 8. Adipurāņa -- 17/76 9. Jain Padmapurāņa -- 20/124, 4159 10. Agnipurāna -- 10/10-12 11. Märkandeya Purāņa -- 50/38-42; Väyupurāņa 1 --33/52;
Brahmāndapurāņa I Anuşangapāda --14/59-61; Varāhapurāna -- Ch. 74; Lingapurāņa -- 47/19-24; Višņupurāna II -- 1/27-33; Skandhapurāņa, Kaumāra section of the Māheśvara section --
37/57 12. Nārada Purāna | -- 48/5 13. Śrīmad Bhāgavat -- 5/4/9, 5/6/3 14. Sivapurāņa -- 37/57 15. Rgveda -- 3/4/8 16. Yajurveda -- 20/8 17. Uttaram yatsamudrasya, himavad dakśiņam ca yat.
Varșā, tad Bhāratam, nāma yatreyam Bhārati prajā. --
Vāyupurāņa (45/75) 18. see p. 138 19. A respectful term of address 20. p.2, ch.34 21. Times of India, 19th March 1935 22. Bhagalī state is also called Badhala and Vālhīka. in the Sindhu
land the area around Taksasilā was called Vālhīka. It was famous
for its good breed of horses. 23. Dr. Herman Jacobi; Parisista Parva p. 6 24. Dharmananda Kausambi; Pārsvanātha kā Cāturyāma Dharma
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