________________ leper by bir of his acrid had been bis Umbara Notes 101 grannfara ) produced i. e. come on accout of the bad ( i. e. infected ) company' of lepers. This shows that Umbara was not a leper by birth but the disease had come to him on account of his accidental association with the lepers, to whom he had been brought by fate. We shall see later on that this Umbara is none else but King Shripala, the hero of our story himself. St. 166. Fe (Sk. g) lit. turbid, displeased i. o. pale '. St. 167. gad (Sk. grevefa ) 'gives pain', ef. Guj. $Gai, $144 . St. 168. AFECTSA EFTFRI ($k. HECTRA TESI ?-219&vafa sa:) ' how (foul ) is the birth of a woman?' It is said in Jainism that a soul gets the birth of a woman in this world as a result of infinite heaps, so to say, of sin ( SprayTECTTT: ' ), which it has committed during its transmigrations from one existence to the other. Hence it is said to be very foul and impure here. In spite of this, it should be remembered, however, that women are not looked down upon in Jainism, and perfection and liberation are not denied to them. The Digambaras, however, hold that a woman
