Agam 35 Chhed 02 Bruhatkalpa Sutra

Author(s): K C Lalwani
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas

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Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira
57 In the course of this sthiti-pratijyā ceremony, which lasted for ten days, king Siddhārtha performed, and had performed, hundreds, thousands, hundred-thousands of sacrifices, offered and arranged the offer of hundreds, thousands, and hundredthousands of presentations, and of hundreds, thousands and hundred-thousands of gifts of parcels of property; and also received and arranged to receive hundreds, thousands and hundredthousands of offerings.
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तए णं समणस्स भगवनो महावीरस्स अम्मा-पियरो पढमे दिवसे ठिइ-पडियं करेंति तइए दिवसे चंद-सूर-दंसणियं करेंति छठे दिवसे धम्मजागरियं करेंति इक्कारसमे दिवसे विइक्कते णिव्वत्तिए असुइ-जम्म-कम्म-करणे संपत्ते बारसाहदिवसे विउलं असण-पाण-खाइम-साइमं उवक्खराविति । उवक्खरावित्ता मित्त-णाइ-णियग-सयण-संबंधि-परिजणं णायए य खत्तिए य आमंतित्ता तो पच्छा व्हाय कय-वलि-कम्मा कय-कोउय-मंगल-पायच्छित्ता मंगलाई पवराई वथ्थाइं परिहिया अप्प-महग्घाभरणालंकिय-सरीरा भोयण-वेलाए भोयणमंडवंसि सुहासण-वर-गया तेणं मित्त-णाइ-णियग-संबंधि-परिजणेणं णायेहिं सद्धि तं विउलं असण-पाण-खाइम-साइमं आसाएमाणा विसाएमाणा परिभाएमाणा परिभुजेमाणा विहरंति ।
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On the first day, the parents of Gramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra performed the sthiti-prātijyā ceremony; on the third day, they showed the infant to the sun and the moon; on the sixth day, they observed the superstitious vigil; and on the eleventh day, they performed operations and ceremonies for the removal of impurities caused by child birth; and on the twelfth day, they prepared plenty of food, drinks, dainties and spiced dishes. Having prepared these, they invited their friends, relations, kinsmen, agnates cognates and followers, together with the Jñāts kșatriyas, themselves took bath, made offerings, performed auspicious rights and expiatory acts, put on auspicious and best robes, and few but costly ornaments, and on the arrival of the dinner time, assembled in the dining hall, sat on the best of cushions, and together with their friends, relations, kinsmen, agnates, cognates, followers, and Jhatr ksatriyas, they partook, ate, tasted and interchanged bits of a large collection of food, drinks, dainties and spiced dishes.
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