Agam 08 Ang 08 Antkrutdashang Sutra Sthanakvasi

Author(s): Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana, Rajkumar Jain, Purushottamsingh Sardar
Publisher: Padma Prakashan

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held. Bhavanapati, Vāņavyantara, Jyotiska, Vaimnānika- all the four kinds of gods came to see and bow down to Bhagawāna. Väsudeva Srikrsna also came with thousands of people, to see and bow down to him. Then, Gautamakumāra also came out of his palace, for seeing and bowing down to Bhagawāna like Meghakumāra. Hearing and taking to heart the sermon of Bhagawāna, he requested him-0 Reverend sir ! (Derānupriya-heloved of gods) asking permission from my parents. I want to accept consecration near your lotus feet. Thus, like Meghakunāra, Gautamakuunāra also asked permission from his parents. In the end Gautamakunāra accepted consecration with great pomp and show. He accepted five circumspections (Samiti) as circumspection of movement (Irya saniti) etc. and three incognitoes (gupti) and began to wander according to the discipline of Bhagawāna, i.e., Jain religious monk order. Thereafter friar (anagāra) Gautama learnt Sâmāvika (Ārasvaka sūtra) etc., cleven aigas from the cider monks of Bhagawāna Aristanemi. After it observing many types of fast penances, like one day', two days', three days' fast penences etc., and hy other types of austerities purifying his soul Gautama ascetic reserved himself in soul bliss. Then, on an other day Arihanta Aristanemi went out from Nandana garden of Dwarakā city and began to wander village to village telling the path of salvation to other
souls-beings. FC:
तए णं से गोयमे अणगारे अण्णया कयाइं जेणेव अरहा अरिट्ठणेमी तेणेव उवागच्छइ; उवागच्छित्ता अरहं अरिडणेमिं तिक्खुत्तो आयाहिण-पयाहिणं करेइ । करित्ता, वंदइ णमंसइ । वंदित्ता णमंसित्ता एवं वयासी
प्रथम अध्ययन
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