Agam 35 Chhed 02 Bruhatkalpa Sutra

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

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greeted by sweet and delightful music of vină, cymbal, tūrya and great drum, with which were mixed sweet and bracing shouts of victory, and gentle and pleasant murmur of the people; accompanied by all his pomp, all his splendour, all his army, all his train, all his retinue, all his munificence, all his grandeur, all his ornaments, all his majesty, all his men, all his subjects, all his actors, all his attendants, the entire seraglio, with all his flowers, wreaths, ornaments and robes on; with the sound of all türyas, with great pomp and great splendour, great army, great train, and the best of instruments, such as turya, yamaka, samaka, conch, panava, pataha, bheri, jhallari, kharamukhi, dundubhi and many others, (he) having passed through the city of Kundapura, reached the Jñāti-saņda park, and arrived at the spot where stood the most excellent aśoka tree.115
उवागच्छित्ता असोग-वर-पायवस्स अहे सीयं ठावेइ । ठावित्ता सीयाओ पच्चोरुहइ । पच्चोरुहित्ता सयमेव आभरण-मल्लालंकारं अोमुयइ । अोमुइत्ता सयमेव पंचमुट्ठियं लोयं करेइ । करित्ता छद्रेणं भत्तेणं अपाणएणं हथ्थुत्तराहिं णक्खत्तेणं जोगमुवागएणं एगं देव-दूसम् आदाय एगे अबीए मुंडे भवित्ता
अगाराप्रो अणगारियं पव्वइए । On reaching the most excellent aśoka tree, he ordered his palanquin to be placed beneath it. Then he came out of the palanquin. Thereafter, with his own hand, he took off his wreaths, fineries and ornaments. Having taken them off, he himself tonsured his head in five handfuls. Having done so, he courted the vow of taking food, devoid of water, only once after two fullmeal days (missing six meals at a time), and during the day-time, till the time when the moon would be in conjunction with the asterism Uttara-phālguni, at which, putting on a divine robe, and all alone, and without a second one (to attend), he tonsured his head and having given up the household order, he entered the order of the homeless monks.
116 समणे भगवं महावीरे संवच्छरं साहिय-मासं जाव...चीवरधारी होथ्था । तेण परं अचेले पाणि-पडिग्गहिए समणे भगवं महावीरे साइरेगाई दुवालस वासाइं णिच्चं वोसट्ट-काए चियत्त-देहे जे केइ उवसग्गा उप्पज्जति। तं जहा--दिव्वा वा माणुसा वा तिरिक्ख-जोणिया वा अणुलोमा वा पडिलोमा वा ते उप्पन्ने सम्मं सहइ खमइ तितिक्खइ अहियासेइ ।
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