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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78. mangalâbhișavâvista-tuștih punya-prasādhanā
vibhāvariva saj-jyotsnā rājānam samupetya sä 79. krtôpacārā samvisva vistarârdhe mahipateh
sva-drsta-sakala-svapnān vathâkramam abhāșata
Content after making an auspicious ablution and performing meritorious acts, she went to the king, waited upon by her attendants, bright like a moonlit night, sat down on the (other) half of the king's throne, and recounted all her dreams as seen in succession."
80. śrutvā tān savadhih so 'pi phalānv evam nyavedavat:
gajendra-vīksanât putro, vrşabhâ-lokanät patih 81. tri-vistapasya, simhena drstenânanta-vīryakaḥ,
Mandarâbhișava-prāptih padmâbhișava-darśanāt
(The king) listened to them attentively and foretold the following outcome: "From seeing a king among elephants a son (will be born); because of seeing a bull he will be a ruler of heaven; from the lion you saw he will be of a strength without limits; from the sight of (the goddess Śrī) sprinkling lotuses' he will perform a libation on Mt. Mandara (Meru);
82. dāma-dvayâvalokena dharma-dvitaya-tirthakrt
sasanka-mandalâlokāt trailokya-kumuda-priyah
From the pair of wreaths9 he will be a tirthakrt of the twofold Doctrine; 94 from your seeing the lunar circles he will be dear as lotus to the three worlds."
89 The elephant occurs twice and the lotus-pond is lacking (for a comparison of the Svetambara and Digambara dreams see Glasenapp 1999: 275.). It is curious that women, who usually keep and pass on the tradition, seem not to know the meaning of these famous dreams though seen only by them.
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On dreams as auguries see, e.g., Bloomfield 1919: 189f.
Cr. Kalpasūtra. Jinacariya $ 36 in fine.
In Indra's heaven, that is.
Cf. Kalpasūtra, Jinacariya 37 and Hemac., Trio X 2.30. for Trisalā's dream of one wreath.
94 For renouncers and laymen.
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