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KALPA SÚTRA.
LIVES OF THE GINAS.
LIFE OF MAHÅVIRA.
Obeisance to the Arhats ! Obeisance to the Liberated Ones! Obeisance to the Religious Guides! Obeisance to the Religious Instructors! Obeisance to all Saints in the World !
This fivefold obeisance, destroying all sins, is of all benedictions the principal benediction.
In that period, in that age lived the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira, the five (most important moments of whose life happened) when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Uttaraphalgunt; to wit, in Uttaraphalguni he descended (from heaven), and having descended (thence), he entered the womb (of Devananda); in Uttaraphalgunt he was removed from the womb (of Devânandâ) to the womb (of Trisala); in Uttaraphalgun he was born; in Uttaraphalguni, tearing out his hair, he left the house and entered the state of houselessness; in Uttaraphalgunt he obtained the highest knowledge and intuition, called Kevala, which is infinite, supreme, unobstructed,
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