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CHAPTER III
FOUR AND TWENTY TIRTHAMKARAS
वामनोऽपि ततश्चक्रे तत्र तीर्थावगाहनम् | areya: fuar ez: qufara fenar: 11 पद्मासनस्थितः सौम्यस्तथा तं तत्र संस्मरन् । प्रतिष्ठाप्य महामूर्ति पूजयामास वासरम् ॥ maishierd faça aa: fùfgxatgatg | नेमिनाथ शिवेत्येवं नामचक्रे स वामनः ॥
[Vamana regarded the place as a Tirtha. The (true) form of Siva, even that digambara (undraped) form was seen in the Image in the Sun! Recalling the form of the Lord, seated in the padmasana (the sitting yoga posture with legs crossed) which is the embodiment of tranquillity itself, he established the Image of Basara, and worshipped it! This he did to attain to the fulfilment of the wish of his heart: this wish was fulfilled! That Vamana named Nemi Nath Siva!] -The Skande Purana (Hindu): Prabhasa Part, xvi. 94-96.
There is a special fascination in the number four and twenty; the Hindus have twenty-four avatāras (incarnations) of their favourite god, Vişņu; there were twenty-four counsellor gods of
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