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विकंति-विक्रान्ति- Valour. कंति-कान्ति; v.L. कित्ति-कीर्ति; आगम- Scriptural knowledge. माहप्प-माहात्म्य-Greatness, glory. जाणिया-ज्ञातृकाOne who knows. कित्तणं-कीर्तनम् - Narration, description. पढमं ताव. प्रथमं तावत्-- First of all; to start or begin with; at the outset. वहिपंगव-(वृष्णि°)- The scions of the Vrsni clan. सत्तु-शत्रु. अवमद्दग'मर्दक- Crushing down. भवसिद्धि-भवा-भाविनी सा सिद्धिः येषां ते भवसिद्धिकाः
Those who are destined to get salvation; liberable souls (भव्यs); तेषां मध्ये वर पुण्डरीकाणि इव- Like the best white lotuses among the liberable souls. चिल्लग-D. Illustrious, shining. जायवयादव - Descendants of Yadu; the race in which Krsna was born. °कलिए. कलित - Voc. sing. Fem. You, who are endowed with'. गन्धहस्तिन् A scent-elephant; an elephant of the best type%3; cp. यस्य गन्धं समाघ्राय न तिष्ठन्ति प्रतिद्विपाः । स वै गन्धगजो नाम नृपतेर्विजयावहः ।। Here it means :- 'The best amongst men, as the scent-elephants are among elephants'. समइच्छमाणी-समतिक्रामन्ती- Passing through; going. चोइज्जमाणी-चोद्यमाना- Pres. part. pass. fenn.Being urged, pressed, or goaded. नियाण.निदान-- It is orginally a medical term, and means-Diagnosis, or the root-cause of a disease'; later on it meant, The disorder of the three Dhatus (or Humours) in the body.' Metaphorically it might mean— 'Bad karman which upsets the moral corstitution of the Soul (Jiva). The Tattvārtha. IX. 34. gives it as the fourth kind of आर्तध्यान. The Com. on it explains it thus:कामोपहतचित्तानां पनर्भवविषयगृद्धानां निदानं आर्तध्यानं भवति । Siddhasena. mentions it as one of the three S'alyas (Mental Darts); Cp. also विंशतिविशिका, Ch. XV. 16--मिच्छदंसणसलं मायासलं नियाणं च || It is an अध्यवसायविशेष, Viz.Claiming the reward for penitential acts. Siddhasena further adds:-निदानमवखण्डनं तपसश्चारित्रस्य वा । या अस्य तपसो ममास्ति फलं ततो जन्मान्तरे चक्रवर्ती स्याम् etc.; पूज्यपाद gives the etymology of the word as follows :- भोगाकाङ्क्षया नियतं दीयते चित्तं affatnafa at. Nidāna forms thə Motif' of the story of Samarāiccakahā of Haribhadra Sūri. It is a great impediment in the attainment of Moks'a. It was because of the Nidāna that Krsna was unable to become a monk. Cp. अन्तगड०- 'सन्वे वि य णं वामदेवा पुन्वभवे निदाणकडा' । दसद्ध'-दशार्ध-Half of ten, i.e. Five. कुसुमदाम- Wreath of flowers. वेढिय-वेष्टित- Encircled. . सुवरियंसुवृतम् - Well chosen. It is remarkable that the kings and princes have taken the result of the Swayaṁvara in a
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