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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When in the next six months he will come to that (well-known) earth on this (Jambu) continent (there will be) a king in Bharat (India) in the city of the district of Kāśī.
75. Vārāṇasyām abhud Visvasenaḥ Kasyapa-gotrajaḥ.
Brahmy asya devi sampräpta-Vasudhärâdi-pājanä
In Benares he became Viśvasena,3 born in the Kasyapa clan. Brāhmī was his queen by the worship of Vasudhärä" and others.
76. vaisakha-kṛṣṇa-pakṣasya dvitīvāyām nišātvaye
visakharkṣe subha-svapnan niriksya tad-an-antaram
At the end of the nights of the second day of the dark half of Visakha, she then saw auspicious dreams near a forked tree.
77. sva-vaktråbja-pravistóru-gaja-rūpa-vilokini
prabhata-pataha-dhvana-samunmīlita-locană
She saw the shape of an elephant whose member (lit.: shank) had entered the lotus of her mouth. She fully opened her eyes at the sound of the morning drum.**
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Cf. Asvasena, Parsva's father, who was king of Benares (Bhd 6, 257). In Bhd 6,666 Viśvasena, the rebirth of the menial Sundara who fed a monk after his fast of a month, is king in Viśvapura.
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Grammatically the absolute locative in the first line and adhipaḥ in the second cannot be the same
Dreams at this time are often mentioned and supposed to be very predictive; see Negelein 1912: 16; Bollée 1984: 177 and 182f.
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A female Śakti peculiar to the Jains (MW). No further information on this is available to me at present.
In Bhd 5,30 queen Vämadevi has her dreams on the 4th day of the dark half of the month Caitra, under the constellation Visakha.
ST Perhaps the orange tree (viśākha-ja).
In Bāṇa. Harṣacandra (ed. Parab. Bombay, 1946) 125. 1 the pratyuṣa-nāndī sounded daybreak. Information from anywhere else that daybreak in ancient India was announced by drum seems scarce.
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