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vants:-- good men ! Take three lakhs (hundred thousand) coins from the treasury, one lakh for rajoharana, one lakh for pătrâs and call one barber giving him one lakh coins." The servants went out and brought rajaharana and päträs, and took the barber with them. The barber bowed down at the fee: of Jamāļi's father and asked him--Master ! Order me to do whatever is to be done by me! Jamali's father then said:-O good man ! You carefully cut the hair of Jamali Kumāra, leaving four inches of a few hairs of the front-part suitable for dikşā --The barber washed his own hands and feet with scented water and having covered his mouth with a piece of cloth folded eight times, he removed the thair of Jamali Kumāra as desired. Now, Jamali's mother shedding tears rendered dark-coloured by lamp-black applied to her eyes, took the mass of hair into her white upper garment resembling the cast-off skin of a snake. Then carefully washing the mass of hair with scented water she applied haricandana (black sandal-paste) and respectfully placed flowers over it. The mass of hair was tied in a white piece of cloth and placed in a box of precious stones. Then, lamenting with a faltering voice on account of deep sorrow, she said:-Prom today, I will remember my son Jamai, through the medium of his hair during my worship on festival days, and on days of religious penance". Repeatedly speaking thus, she placed the jewelled box near the pillow of her bed.
Soon after the abhişéka ceremony, Jamali Kumāra put on clean clothes, and decorated his body with a gold crown, · bracelets of gold set with gems, and ear-rings He looked charming with a necklace of pure white pearls hanging on his chest and the mass of beauty of his various ornaments filled up the space around him. Females assembled there for celebration, uttered auspicious prayers, and beggars delighted on receiving valuable gifts, began to praise the virtuous qualities of Jamalı Kumara. Then Jamali Kumâra took his seat in a Sibika (palanquin)-prepared with one hundred pillars-decorated by the cloth of white flags and banners set in motion by wind-elegant with paintings of various kinds-gratifying the minds of numerous individuals-and
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| SR No. | 008003 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 802 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 20 MB |