Saddharma Pundarika

SR No.: 007677
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: H Kern
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1884
Total Pages: 2546
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 46 MB

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LIVES OF THE GINAS.
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In the second month of winter, in the third fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Paushya, on its eleventh day, in the middle of the night, riding in his palankin called Visâlâ, followed on his way by a train of gods, men, and Asuras, &c. (Parsva) went right through the town of Benares to the park called Åsramapada, and proceeded to the excellent tree Asoka. There, &c. (see s 116, down to) five handfuls.
When the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Visâkhâ, he, after fasting three and a half days without drinking water, put on a divine robe, and together with three hundred men he tore out his hair, and leaving the house entered the state of houselessness. (157)
The Arhat Parsva, the people's favourite, for eighty-three days neglected his body, &c. (see $ 117, down to) animals. (158)
Thereafter the Arhat Pârsva, the people's favourite, was houseless, circumspect, &c. (see $ 118-120, down to) meditated upon himself for eighty-three days.
During the eighty-fourth day—it was in the first month of summer, in the first fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Kaitra, on its fourth day, in the early part of the day, when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Visakha-Pärsva, under a Dhâtaki tree, after fasting two and a half days without drinking water, being engaged in deep meditation, reached the infinite, &c. (see s 120, down to) highest knowledge and intuition called Kevala, &c. (see $ 121, down to moment. (159)
The Arhat Pârsva, the people's favourite, had eight Ganas and eight Ganadharas (enumerated in a Sloka):
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