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Navamo Uddeso
Jain Education International
Section-9
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Kimidam rayagiha-padam
5.235 teṇam kaleṇam, teņam, samaeņam jāva evam vayāsī-kimidam bhamte! nagaram, rāyagiham, ti pavuccai? kim pudhavi nagaram, räyagiham ti pavuccai? kim āū nagaram rāyagiham ti pavuccai? kim teu vau vaṇassai nagaram rayagiham ti pavuccai? kim tamkā kādā selā siharī pabbhārā nagaram rāyagiham ti pavuccai? kim jala-thala-bila-guha-leṇā nagaram rāyagiham ti pavuccai? kim ujjhara-nijjhara-cillala-pallala-vappiņā nagaram rayagiham ti pavuccai? kim agada-taḍāga-daha-naïo vāvī-pukkhariṇī-dīhiyā gumjāliyā sarā sarapamtiyão sarasarapamtiyão bilapamtiyão nagaram rāyagiham ti pavuccai? kim ārāmujjāṇa-kāṇaṇā vaṇā vaṇasamḍā vaṇarāto nagaram rāyagiham ti pavuccai? kim devaula-sabha-pava-thūbha-khāiya-parikhão nagaram rāyagiham ti pavuccai? kim pāgāra-aṭṭālaga-cariya-dāra-gopura nagaram rayagiham ti pavuccai? kim pāsāda-ghara-saraṇa-lena-āvaṇā nagaram rāyagiham ti pavuccai? kim simghäḍaga-tiga-caukka-caccara-caummuha-mahāpaha-pahā nagaram rāyagiham ti pavuccai? kim sagada-raha-jāṇa--jugga-gilli-thilli-siya-samdamāniyão nagaram rāyagiham ti pavuccai? kim lohi-lohakaḍāha-kaḍucchaya nagaram rayagiham ti pavuccai? kim bhavaṇā nagaram rāyagiham ti pavuccai? kim devā devio manussä maṇussio tirikkhajoniyā tirikkhajoninio nagaram rāyagiham ti pavuccai? kim äsaṇa-sayaṇa-khambha-bhamda-sacittacittamisayaim davvaim nagaram rayagiham ti pavuccai?
goyamā! pudhavi vi nagaram rāyagiham ti pavuccai jāva sacittăcitta-mīsayāim davvāim nagaram rayagiham ti pavvuccai.
The Topic of 'What is Rajagṛha?'
In that age, at that time...... up to address thus: O Lord! what is called the city of Rajagṛha? Is the earth called the city of Rajagṛha? Is the city comprising water called the city of Rajagṛha? Is the city comprising fire, air and vegetation called the city of Rajagṛha? Is the city comprising plateau, summit of a hill, hill without a summit, hill with a summit, and slightly inclined hilly area called the city of Rajagṛha? Is the city comprising water, land, burrows, caves, a house carved out of a rock called the city of Rajagṛha? Is the city in the form of water fall from a hill, stream, muddy tank, small water pond, furrowed (field) called the city of Rajagṛha? Is the city in the form of well, pond, lake, river, square tank, lily-pool, spring, croaked canal, tank with internal stream, series of tanks, interconnected series of tanks, series of burrows called the city of Rajagṛha? Is the city in the form of
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