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RIŞABHA DEVA incarnation, and that he would become a WORLD TEACHER, the Rişabha Deva avatara, as the Findus call him! His great soul was, if anything, now all the more eager to enter on his divine mission. He devoted the rest of his days, as an ahamindra, in the holy dharma-dhyāna (religious meditation), and the worship of the God of gods, the Arhant, in the Temples appertaining to his region. At last at the end of the six months, the ethereal deva body was ' dispersed' in all directions, as rapidly as it was formed; the A hamindra was dead! At that same moment the lovely queen of Sri Nābhi Raja dreamt sixteen wonderful dreams. She saw first of all a white celestial elephant, making deep sounds. She next saw a great white bull of beautiful form. Her third dream consisted in her seeing a white lion with red shoulders. The Goddess Lakshmi was seen next, with two large elephants who were performing her abhişeka (bathing) with golden pitchers. Maru Devi next saw two garlands of fragrant flowers, with black bees hovering over them, intoxicated with their fragrance. In the sixth dream she saw the Full Moon surrounded by her satellite stars. The seventh dream consisted in the sight of the Rising Sun in the East, destroying the darkness, and rising gloriously in the sky. In the eighth dream she saw two golden
