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LIVES OF THE GINAS.
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LIFE OF RISHABHA.
In that period, in that age lived the Arhat Rishabha, the Kosalian?, four important moments of whose life happened when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Uttarâshadha; the fifth, when in conjunction with Abhigit : (204) in Uttarashâdhå he descended from heaven, &c. (all down to) in Abhigit he obtained final liberation. (205)
In that period, in that age, in the fourth month of summer, in the seventh fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Ashâdha, on its fourth day, the Arhat Rishabha, the Kosalian, descended from the great Vimâna called Sarvârthasiddha, where he had lived for thirty-three Sågaropamas, here on the continent Gambadvipa, in Bharatavarsha, in Iksh vâkubhūmi, and in the middle of the night, &c., he took the form of an embryo in the womb of Marudevi, wife of the patriarcha Nábhi. (206)
The knowledge of the Arhat Rishabha about this, &c. (all as in the case of Mahâvira, but note the following differences: the first dream is a bull 'coming forward with his face,' the other (mothers of Tirthakaras see first) an elephant. She (Marudevi) relates them to Nâbhi, the patriarch; there
1 Kosaliya=Kausalika. He is thus called because he was born in Kosalå or Ayodhyâ.
? Kulakara; these Kulakaras were the first kings and founders of families at the time when the rest of mankind were "Yugalins.' The first Kulakara was Vimalavahana; the seventh and last of the line Nâbhi.
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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 |