________________ Siri Sirivalakaba fore a person goes to a Tirthankara, he observes five requisites of app onc ing which are mentioned in stanzas 20 and 21 of the acticated by arsefe as follows: “सच्चित्तदव्वमुझणच्चित्तमणुज्झणं मणेगत्तं / इगसाडिउत्तरासंगु अंजली सिरसि जिणदिले // इस 'पंचविहाभिगमो', अदवा मुच्चंदि ग्रामलिन्हाई / I STELLYE, AS A U." The Five-fold Ways of Approaching. mentioned here, thus, are: (1) pot pasting or not keeping with oneself (i.e. abandoning) things (ie things possessed of life )-such as a flower (gon), or a betel-leaf (at) (as mentioned in the Aupapatika Saetra, Poong Edition, sutra 38, (2) not abandoning (i. e. & person is allowed to keep with him) a things (i e. things not possessed of life ) sych as orna. ments etc. (3) concentration of the mind (HUFIRI), (4) keeping with one an upper garment consisting of only one scarf ( SBTRTET), (5) folding the hands on seeing the Jina. If the person is a king he abandons (i. e. keeps outside) the five kinds of Ensignia or symbols of royalty known as partslag gila or gree* as mentioned in * In the Aupapatika Sutra, the five Ensignia or symbols of royalty are thus mentioned:
