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17 Palālam fãsuyam tattha pancamam kusa-taṇāņi ya; Goyamassa nisijjāé khippam sampaṇāmaė
16-17. Kėsi Kumāra Śramaņa on seeing Ganadhara Gautama coming there, gave him suitable respect, gave him clean grass for bedding, and five blades of Kusa, Sacrificial grass.
During the interview, a number of important questions were asked by Kési Kumāra Śramana and they were ably solved by Gaṇadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama. They form the subject of the twenty-third AdhyayanaChapter of Uttaradhyayana Sūtra.
Although Kéśī Kumāra was a very competent माचार्य Acarya,-Teacher, and he possessed afa Avadhi Jñana, -Visual Knowledge, it is apparent that he entertained very high respect for Gaṇadhara Mahārāja Gautama Swami and this incident gives us a ground for admitting the abundance of supernatural powers of a nat Ganadhara,-the head of a corporation of ascetics.
Kési Kumāra Śramāņa was not a na Ganadhara,-the head of the congregation of the ascetics of Tirthankara Bhagavan Sri Parsva Nath, but he was a very competent Acārya among his Order of Ascetics. The head of a family of asceucs is called a Canadhara. Kési Kumāra is also styled as केशिगणधर Kési Ganadhara but he was not a Ganadhara. He was a very competent Acārya.
There is some difference in the rules of conduct among the Sadhus of Tirthankara Bhagavān Śrī Pārsva Nath and the rules of conduct among the sadhus of Tirthankara Śramaņa Bhagavan Śrī Mahāvīra Swāmī and both the illustrious personages Kéśī Kumāra Śramana and Gaṇadhara Gautama having come to know that ordinary ascetics of both the Tirthankaras are likely to have doubts as to whether the rules of conduct followed by themselves were the genuine ones or
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