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sihăņam, purisavarapuņdariyāṇam, purisavaragandhahatthiņam, loguttamāṇam, Ioganāhāņam, logahiyāṇam, logapaivāņam, logapajjok garānam, abhayadayāṇam, chakkhudayāṇam, maggadayānam. saraṇadasāņam, jîvadayāṇam, bohidayāṇam, dhammadayāņam dhammadésayāņām, dhammanāyagāņam dhammasāı ahiņam
15. The Saudharmendra, then, remains, seeing often, the whole of Jambū dvîpa through the medium of his extensive Avadhi jñāna. There, he sees Sramıņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra taking birth as a foetus in the womb of Dévānandā brāhmani of Jalandhara gotra, wife of Rişabha-datta brāhmaṇa of Kodāla gotra, in Brāhmaṇa Kundagrāma nagara in the southern half of Bharata Ksétra of Jambū dvipa; and having seen him, the Indra-pleased, satified, delighted, full of joy, full of great joy, full of affection, with a heart expanded with joy, with the hair of his body erect and bristing with joy like the fragrant flowers of Kadamba tree sprinkled by showers of rain, with his face and eyes blooming like an excellent expanded lotus flower, with bis bracelets, armlets, diadem, and ear-pendants shaking with bewilderment caused by extreme delight on seeing the Bhagavān, with his breast appaering beautiful with neck-laces, with a very long pearl neck-lace swinging to and frorises up abrupty, cagerly, and swiftly from the lion-seated throne. Having risen up, he gets down from the foot-stool and having got down, he removes from his feet, two pādukās met foot-wear studded with Vaidurya Ratna, best Rişta Ratna and Anjana Ratna by clever artisans. and beset with glittering Candra Kānla and other gems and Karkétana and other precious stones; having removed them, égasādiam uttarasaigam karéi एगसाडि उत्तरासंगं करे । puts on his upper garment (a scarf about nine feet long and about three feet wide, encircling the upper portion of his body iu such a way, that the centre of the cloth remains in the right axilla and the two ends touch the upper porion of the left shoulder in the form of a loose tie and hanglog in front and behind ); having done it, the Saudhaméndra, with his two bands folded
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