Ardha Magadhi Reader

SR No.: 006743
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: B D Jain
Publisher: Shri Satguru Publications
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 246
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 9 MB

Page 163

PRINCE MEHA. 4. Then the reverend Jambú, the monk, moved to faith and moved to doubt went toward the rev. erend Elder Suhamma. He thrice walked round him from right to right, greeted and saluted him, and with clasped hands courteously waited before the reverend Elder Suhamma, neither very near, nor very far, wishful to hear him and bowing, and thus he spoke, “ If, sir, the Ascetic, the Lord Mahávíra has proached this as the purport of the fifth Anga, the Vivahapannatti', what, sir, has beca preached as the purport of the sixth Anga, the Náyádhammakahao??
"O Jambú," addressed the reverend Elder Suhamma to the reverend Jambú, the monk, “The Ascetic, the Lord Mahávíra has preached two volumes of the sixth Anga, viz. the Náyáại and the Dhammakaháo."
5. If, sir, the Ascetic, the Lord Mahávíra has preached two volumes of the sixth Anga, how many chapters has he preached in the first volume ?
Truly Jambú! the Ascetic, the Lord Mahávíra has preached nineteen chapters in the volume called Náyáại, viz., (1) Parable of the raised foot3, (2) the parable of Union, (3) of peacock's eggs, (1) of tortoise, (5) of Selaga, the royal ascetic, (6) of the gourd, (7) of Rohiņí, a banker's daughter-in-law,(8) of Malli, the 19th Jina (9) 08 Máyandí, a merchant, (10) of the
1. Popularly known as Bhagavatí Sútra. 2. Nava Skt. Jnáta (y parable, incident
Dhammakaha, Skt. Dharmakathá a moral tale' 3. See § 61 of this extraot.