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Dévânandā of Jalandhara-gotra to that of Ksatrisāni Trisala of Vasistha-gotra, the Brāhmaṇi Dèvānanda,-while lying on ber couch in a state between sleeping and waking-taking fits of sleep-woke up on seeing these praise worthy etc fourteen great dreama, taken away by Ksatriyazi Trišalá. They areElephant, Bull etc. Gāthā 31
32. During the algbt, in which the foetus of Sramaņa Bhagayan Mahāvira was removed from the uterus of Brāhmani Dévāņandā of Jalandhara gotra to that of Ksatriyaņi Trisalā of Vāsiştha-gotra, Ksatriyāņi Trišalā was in her bed-chamber of which the interior was decorated with paintings, and the external surface was white-washed, well-polished and soft, the ceiling was painted with various pictures, and was shining; the darkness was removed by jewels and precious stones, and the floor was perfectly level and adorned with well-arranged auspicious figures; which was furnished with offerings of heaps of juicy fragrant Aowers of all the five colours strewn here and there; was delightful on account of the fragrance of scented fumes arising from the burning of FENIE Kāālguru, Black aloe, finest 5 Kundarukka, a kind of fragrant substance used as incense, and Tom Turukka, A kind of myrrh, Benzoin; was exquisitely scented with excellent perfumes and turned as it were into a pastile of fragrant substances; on a couch with a mattress of the length of a man's body, with pillows at both places ( at the bead and at the foot ); raised on both sides, depressed and deep in the middle, soft as if one placed his foot on the sand of the low sand-bank of the Ganges; covered with a well-cured half-silken bed-sheet, with a well. arranged that Rajastrāna,-a shect-covering for protecting the bed from dust (when not used ja hung with red mosquitocurtains; delightful, soft to the touch like well tanned leather, Cutron wading, Būra -a kind of soft vegetation, and butter; furnished with comforts of a bed such as highly fragrant flowers and perfumed powders--in such a bed-chamber and on such a bed) Ksatriyani Trišala, in the middle of the night
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| SR No. | 008002 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 1 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 623 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 14 MB |