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KALPA SÚTRA.
LIFE OF ARISHTANEMI.
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In that period, in that age lived the Arhat Arishtanemi, the five most important moments of whose life happened when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Kitra. In Kitrâ he descended from heaven, &c. (see $ 149, down to) obtained final liberation. (170)
In that period, in that age, in the fourth month of the rainy season, in the seventh fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Kârttika, on its twelfth day, the Arhat Arishtanemi descended from the great Vimâna, called Aparâgita, where he had lived for thirty-six Sagaropamas, here on the continent Gambadvipa, in Bharatavarsha, in the town of Sauripura', and in the middle of the night when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Kitra, he took the form of an embryo in the womb of the queen Sivâ, wife of the king Samudravigaya, &c. (the seeing of the dreams, the accumulation of riches, &c., should be repeated here). (171)
In that period, in that age the Arhat Arishtanemi-after the lapse of nine months and seven and a half days, in the first month of the rainy season, in the second fortnight, the light (fortnight) of Sravana, on its fifth day, &c.—(Siva), perfectly healthy herself, gave birth to a perfectly healthy boy. (Repeat the account of the birth, substituting the name Samudra
1 The Prakrit form is Soriyapura, which would correspond to Sanskrit Saurikapura. It is, of course, Krishna's town.
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| 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 |