International Journal Of Jaina Studies Vol 01 To 03 2005 To 2007

SR No.: 022773
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Peter Flugel
Publisher: Hindi Granth Karyalay
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 202
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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41. saptavimśati-vir-rāśitt meyayum divva-bhoga-bhāk.
tataś cyuto 'smin dvipe 'sau Jambu-bhūruha-bhüșite
Having entered into pious meditation (the ascetic died and was) reborn, conciliated, as a prominent deity in the womb of a woman with a handsome waist" named Subhadrā with a life-span of 27 sāgaras, enjoying heavenly happiness. Reborn from there he was born on this island, which is decorated with the Jambul (i.e. Jambūdvīpa)
42. Kausale vișaye 'yodhya-nagare Käsyapânvaye
Iksvāku-vamsa-jātasya Vajra-bāhu-mahi-bhrtah
in a region belonging to the Košalas in the city of Ayodhyā in the Kāśyapa family of king Vajrabāhu, who was born in the Ikşvāku dynasty.
43. suto devya Prabhamkaryam Anandakhyo 'jani priyah
sa samprāpta-mahā-māndalika-sthāno mahôdayah
He was born as the beloved son of the queen Prabhamkarī,“7 named Ananda (and) very fortunate to have obtained the position of a powerful governor of a province.
44. svasva Svāmi-hitakhvasva mahato mantrino 'nyadā
vācä vasanta-mäsasva Nandisvara-dinâstake
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Thus read for vārāsi-.
+ DUtt 326,7 uppanno Vajjanabha-muni majjhima-gevejjavammi Lalivamgao nama devo; Hemac.. Trio IX 2,195, calls him Lalitânga.
+6 On the topic of the attractive feminine waist see, e.g., Singh, Renn and Singh 2007: 3; Bolléc 2005: 28; Zimmer and Campbell 1983 1: 7011. In Rajasekhara's Karpūramanjarī I 30 and III 19 a woman's waist is even said to be contained in a (child's) fist. Cf. the sixteenth century Blasons du corps feminin among which there is none of the waist and that of the belly is anonymous (Schmidt 1959: 333f.). In contrast to India, in mediaeval Europe the belly is stressed (as the place of pregnancy) because the garments were tied up under the bosom and thus the waist was not even visible (Philine Helas, Madensack und Mutterschoss. in: Benthien/Wulf 2001: 180).
+7 Named Prabhākarī in Bhd 8.88.