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Bhagavai 7:9:175-176
1. Sūtra 175
Semantics
handicraft.
Bhāṣya
cheyayariya-cheka-expert, ācārya- preceptor, the instructor of
ujjala-nevattha-havva-parivacchiyam-bright dress' quickly prepared. In Nāyadhammakahão,2 the reading parivatthiya is available. The Ovaiyam3 also gives the same reading. Accordingly, the phrase should mean having put on bright dress. Instead of 'havva', we get 'vattha' also.*
~: 607 :
1. Apte. Nepathya-attire.
2. Nāyā. 1.16.247-tayanamtaram ca nam cheyayariya-uvadesa-mai-kappaṇā-vikappehim suniunehim ujjala-nevatthi-hattha-parivatthiyam.........
3. Ovā. Sū. 57 (Edition of Jaina Shvetambara Terapanthi Mahasabha).
4. Nāyā. 1.16.247 (see above, footnote no. 2).
Text
7.176 tae nam se kūnie rāyā jeņeva majjaṇagharam teneva uvāgacchati, uvāgacchittā majjaṇagharam aṇuppavisai, aṇuppavisittā ṇhāe kayabali-kamme kayakouya-mamgalapayacchite savvālaṇkāravibhūsie sanṇaddha-buddha
vammiyakavae uppīliyasarāsaṇapaṭṭie pinaddhagevejja-vimalavarabaddhacimdhapatte gahiyāuhappaharaṇe sakoremtamalladameṇam chatteṇam dharijjamaneṇam caucāmarabālavijiyamge mamgalajayasaddakayāloe jāva jeneva udai hatthirāyā teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittä udāīm hatthirayam durūḍhe.
Then, that King Kūņika retired to the bathroom; having retired, he entered the bathroom; having entered, he bathed himself; then he offered oblations, put sandal marks on the forehead, offered auspicious articles (like yogurt, rice), and made atonement,' adorned himself with all kinds of ornaments, put on steel armour,2 tightly put on leather band on his wrist,3 put protective armour on his neck, affixed the shining emblem of a warrior, and equipped himself with manual weapons and missiles, held over his head an umbrella adorned with the garlands of the flowers of sakoranta tree (barleria prionitis), with two camaras held on each of the two sides. At the first sight of him, people made the benedictory exclamation uttering 'victory to thee! victory to thee!'...... up to he arrived near the elephant-king Udayī; having arrived there, he climbed on the elephant-king.
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1. He offered oblations......atonement.
kayabalikamme kayakouya-mangala-payacchitte-see Bhasya on Bha. 2.96.
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