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features and ugly intestines, sets right six suitors who thereupon take the vows ($ 15). 9. Māyandı. M's son, Jinapāliya, firmly resists the temptations of the cruel goddess of Rayanadiva, while Jinarakkhiya, his brother, yields to them and perishes miserably. 10. Candimā. The waning moon compared with the fickle monk, the waxing with the persevering one. 11. Dāvaddeva. Just as the dāvaddava trees growing on the ocean shore are strengthened by land and sea-winds (diviccaga and sāmuddaga) so are true monks exposed to praise and blame. 12. Udaga. Matter is subject to change, as is demonstrated to King Jiyasatta by his minister Subuddhi by means of putrid water cleared to purity by seven times filtering. This method, as is explained by Subuddhi, was taught by the Jina, and thus cleverly the king's interest is roused for the Creed which eventually leads him to salvation. 13. Mandukka. Nanda, a layman, is reborn as a frog in a pond he had made for the general amusement of his fellow citizens. Feeling his guilt now he goes on a pilgrimage to see Mahāvīra, but on his way he is injured by a horse and dies saying "namo tthu nam", whereupon he becomes a god. 14. Teyalī. Pottilā, wife of minister Teyaliputta, had innocently lost her husband's affection and became a nun to be reborn as god Poţtila. As such she preaches him the Teaching , as has been stipulated previously, but it is not before he has lost his high position that she is successful in making him accept it. 15. Nandiphala. Some travellers, though warned by their guides, rest in the pleasant shadow of nandı trees and feed on their poisonous fruits so that they perish; others avord both shadow and fruits and thus remain healthy and alive. 16. Avarakankā. A monk, Dhammarui, eats poisonous alms thus sacrificing rather himself than exposing to certain death ants which, as he saw, are dying when tasting them. Nāgasirī, who had provided the alms, is stricken with poverty and illness, and, finding no husband, in her next life becomes a nun, Sukumāliyā, thereupon a courtesan in heaven, then Princess Dovai, who in her svayamvara chooses the 5 Pāndavas. She is raped by King Paumanābha of Avarakankā, but Vasudeva Kanha defeats him and returns her to her five husbands. Four of them and Dovai himself then join
| SR No. | 011097 |
| Book Title | Doctrine of Jainas |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Walther Shubring, Wolfgang Beurlen |
| Publisher | Motilal Banarasidas |
| Publication Year | 1978 |
| Total Pages | 309 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 17 MB |