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Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira
mountain; with mouth adorned with sharp teeth, well-set, thick and strong, and fixed. lustre; with fine lips, soft like a noble lotus, well-proportioned and brilliant; with the tip of the tongue protruding; with palate mild and tender, like the petals of red lotus; with eyes round, thunder-like and gentle, revolving in the socket, like red-hot excellent gold just poured; with thighs beautiful and large; with developed and excellent shoulders; with a mane soft, white, fine, auspicious, broad and extended; with tail well-shaped and well-grown, erect and flapping; with claws deep and sharp; and with a beautiful tongue adorning the mouth-pit like newly sprouted shoots. 35
४. तो पुणो पुण्ण-चंद-वयणा उच्चागय-ठाण-ल?-संठियं पसत्थ-रूवं सुपइट्ठिय-कणगमय-कुम्भ-सरिसोवमाण-चलणं अच्चुण्णय-पीण-रइय-मंसल-उण्णयतणु-तंब-गिद्ध-रणहं कमल-पलास-सुकोमल-कर-चरण-कोमल-वरंगुलिं कुरुविंदावत्त-वट्टाणपुव्व-जंघं णिगढ-जाणं गय-वर-कर-सरिस-पीवरोरुं चामीकररइय-मेहला-जुत्त-कंत-वित्थिन्न-सोणि-चक्कं जच्चंजण - भमर - जलय - पयरउज्जुय-सम-संहिय-तनुय-प्राइज्ज-लडह-सुकुमाल-मउय-रमणिज्ज-रोम-राई नाभी-मंडल-सुंदर-विसाल-पसत्थ-जघणं करयल-माइय-पसत्थ-तिवलियमझं णाणा-मणि-कणग-रयण-विमल-महातवणिज्जाभरण - भूसण-विराइय - मंगुवंगिं हार-विरायंत-कुंदमाल- परिणद्ध- जललित-थण-जुयल-विमल-कलसं प्राइसपत्तिय-विभूसियेण सुभग-जालुज्जलेण मुत्ता-कलावेण उरत्थ-दीणार-मालयविरइएण कंठ-मणि-सुत्तएण य कुंडल-जुयलुल्लसंत-अंसोवसत्त-सोभंत-सप्पभेणं सोभा-गुण-समुदएणं आणण-कुडुबिएणं कमलामल-विसाल-रमणिज्ज-लोयणं कमल-पज्जलंत-कर-गहिय-मुक्कतोयं लीला-वाय-कय-पक्खएणं सुविसदकसिण-घण-सण्ह-लंबंत-केस-हत्थं पउम-दह-कमल-वासिणि सिरिं भगवई पिच्छइ हिमवंत-सेल-सिहरे दिसा-गइंदोरु-पीवर-कराभि सिच्चमाणि ॥ ३६
4. And then (she saw) Goddess Śrī, with her face like full moon, seated at the top of the Himavat mountain on a lotus in a lotus lake, highly auspicious, on a lofty throne at a beautiful elevation: with a firmly-placed golden tortoise as her befitting vehicle; with copper-tinged, delightful, fine and wellset on swelling, thick and dyed muscles; with lotus-palāśa-like tender fingers set on her dainty hands and feet; with round and well-formed legs adorned with an ornament called kuruvindāvarta; with two knees deep; with fleshy thighs resembling the
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