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heat of Téjoleśyā, Bhagavān Mabăvira passed blood with gtools for six months. Venerable Saint Mahāvīra had this trouble even after attaining asara, Kévala Jńāna. Tîrthanke aras, as a rule, do not have any painful trouble after the acquisition of Kévala Jóāna, and the mere reinembrance of that name is sufficient to heal all pains. However, the abovementioned event, did occur in the case of Venerable Saint Mahāvira Swāmi, and hence it is an Accherum og or a strange event.
2 SECOND STRANGE EVENT.
2. The second strange event relates to the removal of the foetus from one womb to the other. It has never happened in case of any previous Tirthankaras, but it did occur in case of Venerable Saint Malāvira; the foetus of Dévānandā having been removed from her womb was placed into the womb of queen Trisalā. It is thus a strange event.
3. THIRD STRANGE EVENT.
3. The third strange event is a female Tîrtbankara, itt hitittha Gurface. As a rule, Tirthankaras are all males; never a female. But during the present Avasarpiņi age, Mallî kuṁvari net
-the daughter of King Kumbharāja of Mitbilā - became the nineteenth Tirthankara It is a strange event.
4. FOURTH STRANGE EVENT,
4. Abhavia Parisã infaat OfTen The fruitlessness of the preaching of Tirthaikara. The preaching of a Tirthankara is not fruitless; but during the present Avasarpiņi age, when Venerable Saint Mahāvīra, soon after the acquisition of Kévala Jrāna, preacher from a Samavasaraņa ERGETOT prepared by gods, no one had any desire to take a vow. and so, the preaching was fruitless. The assembly in the Samavasarana consisted mainly of gods and tiryancas (lower animals ), and so there was none to take any vow then. Sramaņa Bhagavāna
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