Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 1

SR No.: 008001
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication
Publication Year: 1989
Total Pages: 650
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion
File Size: 15 MB

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lives,
Dèvèndra-the king of the gods-went there out of devotion and joyfully made obeisance before the Lord in the uterus and his mother.
Kumāra Risabha-dèva was born, like the full-moon, gladdening all the creatures of the three worlds for a moment, at mid-night with the Moon in conjunction with Uttarāṣādhā constellation, on the eighth day of the dark-half of the month of Caitra On the quivering of their individual seats, the fiftysis दिग्कुमारी Digkumāris -the goddesses of all the directions दिशाDiśā, instantly performed their individual ceremonies of birth. The thirty-two Dèvèndras-kings of the gods-accompanied by their respective retinue, celebrated the festival of bathing at birth, on the golden peak of Mount Meru. On seeing the mark of a bull on his thigh, Nabhi Rājā lovingly named the child as Risabha-. By receiving a stalk of sugar-cane held in the hand of Indra, and offered to him, his family was appropriately styled as Iksvāku इक्ष्वाकु
King Risabha-dè va taught the under-mentioned seventytwo arts of males:
1. Lekhanam
Writing 2. Ganitam for Calculation 3. Gitam Singing 4. Nrityam Dancing 5. Vadyam ard Playing on musical instruments 6. Pathana T37,-Reciting; reading 7. Siksä for Teaching 8. Jyotis faq Astronomy 9. Chandaḥ छन्द: Prosody 10 Alañikriti अलंकृति Rhetory 11. Vyākarana व्याकरण Grammar 12. Nirukti ff Etymological explanation 13. Kāvya 4 Katyāyana Sūtra 15. Nighantu A Glossary 16-17. Gaja-turaga-rohanam
Poetry 14. Katyayanam
Riding of elephants and horses. 18. Tayo sikṣā ad-form Their training. 19 Sastrabhyasab : Practice of swords, daggers, armoury etc. 20. Rasa Alchemy 21. Mantraḥ : Incantations. 22. Yantra Mechanical appliances 23. Visa fa Mining 25. Gandha vadyah faur: Prakrita a Prakrita dialect 27. 28. Paiśācikā Paiśācikā 29.
Poisons 24. Khanya Science of perfumery 26. Sanskrit
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