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CHAPTER VIII
LORD MAHAVIRA'S BIRTH AND BAYA CELEBRATIONS,
ueen Trishala passed the remaining days of her pregnancy period very happily. The days passed one by one till she counted full nine months and seven and a half days from her conception. It was at this time that the condition of the world began to change. All the four quarters seemed to be cheerful as if they were overflowing with a strange kind of love. Cool, fragrant and gentle breezes began to blow everywhere. Nature had put only one commodity on the market delight, delight, delight-and nothing else. Spring the lord of seasons, prepared himself to welcome our would-be Lord with all his glory and splendour. The Cuckoo hid herself among the fragrance-laiden branches of the blossoming mango trees in order to proclaim in her sweet and shrill voice the arrival of our Lord to this world. Roses and Mogras opened their buds as if they were bursting their sides with
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