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INTRODUCTION
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armies met and all the ten step-brothers of Kūniya lost their lives on the battle-field, and, on account of their alliance with Kūniya for an unrighteous cause, went to Hemābha hell ( S 60-62).
When the battle was being fought, Mahävira was on a visit to the town of Campā. The mothers of Kāla and others went to see Mahāvira and asked him questions about the fate of their sons in the battle. Mahävira told them that their sons died on the battle-field, whereupon they retired in distress ($ 8-16). Now Sudharman of the Gautama clan asked Mahāvīra as to where these Kāla and others would be born in their next birth and he told him that they would be born in Hemäbha hell. ( $ 63-65)
The narratives of Sukāla and other stepbrothes of Kūņiya run on the same plan word for word, and hence the text disposes them of by a mere reference to the story of Kāla ( 8 66-67 ).
The second section is called Kappavadimsiyā, as it is rather a continuation of the narratives of Kāla and others given in the Nirayāvaliyao which is also known under another title Kappiyā. This section narrates the careers of the sons of Kāla and others. They all became monks under Mahāvira and attained places in various heavens as a result of their religious observances ( $ 68-77).
