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among hell-dwellers, lower lives, men and gods; but I know mother and father that they are born among the hell-dwellers, [etc.] by their own accumulation of actions. Thus indeed, mother and father what I know, I do not know and what I do not know, I know. I desire, therefore, mother and father, on being permitted by you, (until] to enter the
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Then when his mother and father could not prevail upon him by many declarations [etc.] “We desire, child, to see your royal splendour for even one day.” Then that Prince Aimutta stood quiet following the words of his mother and father. The anointment-ceremony as in the case of Mahabala The withdrawal...studied the Laws of Peace etc...For many years the period of friarship... Gunarayana...(until] beatified on the Vipula.
In that age, at that time, in the city of Vanarasi... Kamamahavaņa sanctuary... There in the city of Vānārasī, there was a King named Alakkha, In that age, at that time, the Ascetic [until] abode. The congregation etc... Then that King Alakkha in the presence of the Ascetic Lord Mahavira,
