________________ 106 Siri Sirivalakaha St, 180,- FT (Sk. aftfa) cf. -furering Preseto. fat is used here for the sake of metre 6 TEKUT". . St. 181. Phierat (Sk. brefa ). Pre is a Pk, root in the sense of Sk. tid to be des. troyed; to perish ( see Hem. VIII. 4. 177 ). संजोगो (Sk. संयोगः) circumstance. St. 183. Tauit etc. The plural is used for the singular in order to show respect. Ofa. (Sk. ota-b41) lit, surrounded by i. e. full of. Sts. 184 to 228 contain the preaching of the sage Munichanda, its purport being to emphasize the greatness of the Navapada'. St. 184. ASGA (Sk.) lit. not insignificant i. e. not short, i. e. long. St. 198. are short of art ( Sk. Baig:). prattling, abuse, censure eto, of, amani yaitgi." St. 189. Erarsi (Sk. ATCE) is a technical term in Jainism meaning 'sinful. It connotes any action which involves 'himsa' of any one of the 6 kinds of living organisms mentioned in Jainism known as the "acarauitas' * as well as any * They are (1) quaftaty or the earth-bodies, (2) grity or water-bodies (3) 3 T4 or fire-bodies, ( 4 ) TT or wind-bodies, ( 5 ) artefato or plants, (6) Tara or all moving creatures.