Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study

SR No.: 022804
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

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"Oh King! In the text-books on Dreams, there are on record 42 types of dreams which yield ordinary results, and 30 types of dreams which yield good results. In all, there are 72 types of dreams. Of the latter 30: the mothers of the would-be Tirthankaras and Cakravartis dream 14, those of the Vāsudevas 7 those of the Baladevas 4 and those of the Mandalikas only one."
The experts continued:
"Queen Trisala has dreamt 14 good dreams, and so it is a certa inity that, you will have wealth, affluence, son and happiness. On the expiry of 9 months and 7 day-nights, the queen will give birth to a son who will be (like) the ensign of the family. the light of the family, the crown of the family. the tilaka- mark of the family. He will ennoble your family line, and widen its achievements, prosperity and fame. He will have his organs of senses in right proportion, with his limbs tender and graceful. He will have good marks and signs on his body, and will be pleasantlooking and gentle.
"Even at the expiry of his childhood the boy will be mature in knowledge. On stepping into his youth, he will be a great philanthrophist and a great hero and thereafter he will either be acarruvarti commanding all the four directions, or he will be a Tirthankara who would help living beings in the four existences to terminate their rebirth".
Then the dream-experts analysed each one of the 14 dreams separately and in complete details. The delight of King Siddhartha and Queen Tribalá increased a hundred- fold The king offered them ample wealth and gifts, honoured them and bade them good-bye.
Affection for the Mother
While stationed in the womb, once Mahāvira thought as follows:
'If I move, it causes pain to my mother. So I should not move and cause her trouble!