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cussion, these monks were convinced about the correctness of Mahāyira's stand, and were absorbed in Mahā vira's order. There is reason to believe that most or all followers of Pārsva recognised Mahāvīra as the Tirthankara of the new age and accepted his leadership. This was a great act of unification of the order which took place in Mahavira's life, and one gets' a glimpse of it in the aforesaid chapter.
Ś. 6. has two interesting items to introduce, tamaskāya and krsnarāji. The former is a body made from dark matter, while the latter is a dark formation made from water-bodies. Their diverse names have been given and their enormous expanse has been indicated. It is for some physical geographer to identify the two. Besides, the Sataka has sundry items, old as well as new, such as, karma, intake, matter, etc., etc. This frequent change in topics saves the reader from scholastic boredom.
Thanks are due to the authorities of Jain Bhawan, Calcutta, for undertaking the publication of this volume. Thanks are also due to Professor Suniti Kumar Chatterjee for his kind and appreciative note on volume one of this work.
