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King Sidhartha and the Dream-Readers
(1) All dreams are based on experience. ( 2 ) They may be caused by remembrance of things or events heard from others. (3) Minute observation of things often originates dreams, connected with those things. ( 4 ) A vexed state of mind is another cause of dream. (5) Sometimes they come quite naturally ( being based on experiences of previous lives ). (6) The more the anxieties increase, the more a man is entangled in the net of dreams. (7) A disturbance brought by heavenly beings also produces dreams. ( 8 ) Performance of religious rites removes calamities and gives rise to auspicious dreams. (9) Bad dreams are the results of sinful acts.
Six of these causes produce dreams which have no significance whatsoever. The remaining three are productive of dreams which are full of significance and bear fruit imme. diately. If the dreams are seen in first quarter of the night, they bear fruit in twelve months if they are seen in the second quarter, they bear fruit in six months,similarly,those which are seen in third and in the fourth quarters of the night mature fruit in three months and in one month respectively.
After this, the head of the dream-readers said, 'My lord there are 72 kinds of dreams according to the science of dream-readers. Thirty of these dreams are very auspicious; out of these thirty, fourteen are seen by that fortunate lady who is to give birth to a Tirthankara or a Chakravarti and seven, four and one are seen by those who are to give birth to a Vasudeva, a Baladeva and a Mandalika respectively. Queen Trishala has seen fourteen of these auspicious dreams at a time, which clearly shows that your kingdom, wealth and glory would increase, your family will grow, and your queen at the completion of her pregnancy period,shall delliver
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