________________ 136 Siri Sirivalakaba the greatness of a true preceptor who is possessed of compassion devoid of any motive: :: St. 247. Furthy UI (Sk. farmer fault) This is to be taken as a द्वन्द्व compound; जिनश्च धर्मश्च गुरुश्च जिनधर्मगुरवस्तेषाम् / . देवे गुरुमि धम्मे-by these three terms the poet refers to the देवतत्त्व, गुरुतत्त्व and धर्मतत्त्व the three most important Tattavas in Jainism (vide notes on St. 1). St. 248. fery see notes on st. 20. Avuita Sk. Aiara:) experience ( see notes on St. 99): ( Sk. 7) there i.e. in Ujjaini. . St. 249. ffureers (Sk. fragere). This is an instance of what is called art or transposition in grammar. गृह is changed to हर, ग being dropped and thus for जिनगृह we get जिणहर in Pk. हर is again changed into घर as in घरणीइ in St. 259. इंतिं (Sk. आयान्तीं-from E to go ) coming. 36gb ( Sk. staraggi ) lit. half old i.e. a grown up woman. There ale four stages in the life of a woman which are explained in the following shloka. आषोऽशाद्भवेद्बाला त्रिंशता तरुणी मता। . पंचपंचाशता प्रौढा भवेद्वृद्धा ततः परम् // By stareat, therefore, it seems, that the poet refers to the the third stage of a set or a grown up woman of about 55
