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1-2. The undermentioned ten strange events have occurred after the lapse of many innumerable years:- viz. 1. Uvasagga JRT 1 The sufering of Venerable Saint Mahăvira during his Bett Kévalîstate. 2. Gabbha-hurņam TEHETOI Removal of foetus. 3. Ittbi - tittham graftfazaj A female Tirthaikara 4 Abhāviä parisā. 377f2T OFTAI The uninspired audience of Venerable Saint Mahāvīra in his first Samavasaraņa TATU 5. Kanhassa Avarkankā FUE FR statt Krişna going to Aparakankā 6. Avayaraṇam CandaSūrāņam pagto a farof The descent of the Moon and the Sun ( in their original Vimāna faara Celestial chariot. ) 7. Harivamsa kuluppatti arcángecoat The origin of the Harivamsa family 8. Camaruppāji TRECITH The ascent of Camaréndra 9 Aļphasaya siddhā sagfag The Final Liberation or one hundred and eight persons at a time, and 10 Assanjayāņa pūā 3*FOTO CUT The worship of persons of uncontrolled senses.
THE FIRST STRANGE EVENT.
1. Uvasagga ( Faast) Suffering Gośãala caused much suffering to Venerable Saini Mahāvīru even during his Kóvali state. It happened thus:-One day, the Venerable Saint Mahāvira going about from village to village, went to the town of Śrāvastî rawat. Gośāla came there at the same time and proclaimed himself as a Jina fa a Sarvajana. Rumour became afloat, then, that there were two Jinas at Srāvasti. Hearing the rumour, Gautama Swāmi asked Bhagavāna Mahā-- vira () Lord! Who is this another person calling himself a Jina ?' Bhagavāna said, Gautama, he is not a Jina, but he is a man named Gośā!a ty-the son of a man named Mankhali Aafos of Saravana Atau village by his wife Subhadrã HET. He is named Gośāla because he was born in a big cow-stall belonging to a Brahmin During my young age l-e before the attainment of Kévala Jnana asalla he wandered about with me for six year3 calling himself my pupil and acquired some divine knowledge from me. Now, he
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