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On completion of his childhood, when he will step into his youth, his knowledge will be widely extended. He will be the master of the ækveda, the Sāmaveda, the Yajur - veda and the Atharvaveda, History and Lexography, with all their complementary texts. He will expound their deepest mysteries. He will revive the lost meanings of the Vedas. He will be thorough in the six Angas and in Şasti-tantra (of Kapila). He will be an expert in Mathematics, Astronomy, Grammer, Brahmanical lores, the holy books of the Parivrajaka order, etc., etc.
Transfer of the embryo - When, by dint of his clairvoyant knowledge, Indra came to know that Mahavira had descended on the earth to be born, and had entered the womb of a lowly (Brahmana) woman, he had a sudden thought in his mind,
'The (would-be) Tirthankaras, Cakravartis, Balade - 'vas, Vasudevas, to not descend in a caste which is Sūdra, lowly, insignificant, having few kinsmen, poor, miserly, begging, or Brāhmanical. They descend in such royal families as the JKatr, the Ikşvāku, the 'Hari or some other Kşatriya line(12).
At once, he looked for the god Harina igameşi and commissioned him to transfer the embryo. It was the midnight of the 13th day in the dark half of Asvina. The star Uttara-phalguni was in conjunction with the moon. Ma hã - vira had already spent 82 day-nights in the womb of Deva - nanda. On the 83rd day, at mid-night, Hariņaigamesi transferred the embryo from the womb of Devānanda and placed it in the womb of the Ksatriya woman Trisala. Mahā vira was already equipped with three types of knowledge, and so he knew of it before the transfer and also after the transfer, and he did know when he was being transferred(13).
In the latter half on the night, Trisalā dreamt the following objects in fourteen dreams: a lion, an elephant, an ox, Goddess Lakşmi, a pair of wreaths, the moon, the sun, a pitcher, a lotus tank, ocean of milk, a celestial vimana, a heap of jewels and smokeless fire. She woke up, and in a happy frame of mind, she came to King Siddhārtha and narrated her dreams. On hearing all about them, the
| SR No. | 022804 |
| Book Title | Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Nagaraj Muni |
| Publisher | Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers |
| Publication Year | 1986 |
| Total Pages | 804 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 19 MB |