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ન્યાયકુસુમાંજલિ.
( 1017I adore that Lord Mahavira who descended from heaven of no little glory into the womb of Sri Tris'aladevi, wife of King Siddhartha of the splendid city of Kshatriyakunda in India ( Bharata-- Kshetra ) and whose moment of birth, giving delight to the three worlds attracted (the attention of the host of the Indras by shaking their seat. (1)
Notes :- According to Jainism, on five oocasions known as the five Kalyanakas viz. the occasion when a Tirthankara is conceived, is born, is first engaged in penancos, attains omniscience and obtains salvation, Saudharmendra ( one of the sixty-four Indras ) comes to know of these events by noticing the shaking of his seat. He then informs the other Indras by ringing a bell called Sughosha. Thereupon all the Indras assemble together and perform the usual ceremonies. Such a thing took place at the time of Lord Mahavira's birth ( about 599 B. C.). He was the last (twentyfourth) Tirthankara and he attained salvation in about 527 B. C.
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