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LIFE OF MAHÁVÍRA.
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citing the texts from the Institute of Dreams, spoke as follows :-"O beloved of the gods, we have diligently searched the Institute of Dreams, and find that there are forty-two common dreams, and thirty extraordinary dreams, in all seventytwo. And it is further said, that the mother of an Arhat (highest order of Jain saint), oi Chakravarti (emperor), sees fourteen of the thirty extraordinary dreams at the period of such child's conception. It is further stated that the mother of a Vasudeva, on such an occasion, sees seven, and then awakes; and the mother of a Baladeva, four; while the mother of a Mandalika Raja (dependent king), sees one. Since, then, O beloved of the gods, the noble Trišalá has seen the whole of the fourteen propitious dreams; this portends the obtaining of wealth, the obtaining of felicity, the obtaining of a son, the obtaining of joy, the obtaining of sovereignty,—and all this, 0 beloved of the gods, without any sort of doubt. Accordingly, after nine months and seven and a half divs, the noble Trišalá will bring forth a son, who shall be a royal standard to his family, . ... as in the last chapter, an emperor of the fou regions of the world, a conqueror of the passions, and also emperor of the four virtues*. Such, O
* These virtues are Dána, Sila, Tapa, and Bhavn ; or alus Living, the exercise of compassion, the practice of fasting and
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