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I PRASTĀVA 1. 7597 or f o ol Akvasena', (the king of Väravas! ) viz. Pareranátha, the 23rd Tirthankara of the present vasarpine, who was lom in Variņas!
Anfang, 'Gautama and others who were the heads of the garag'. Nahavira is said to have divided! Luis followers into nine yanas or schools, each bcaded by a gunu that or gunakida, selected out of his chief disciples, Gautama, whose full name was Gautama-Indrabhati was Maltavira's first disciple and was the liced or a guna ol s0). aft7aak, 'the story of the donation of food ( a Talsuses/ix compound) or 'the story of the donor of lood' (a Bahuveiht compounil). Seu Prastava II1, verses 74 ff., and Prastava IV, verseg 175 fi. Fa e: A karnadharaya or Teluruska conpound.
2. NET N WAT i sku, viuus person.' Him : The modern Malwa in Central India.
* II: Tlie n:odern Dhat in the Malwa couttry, 5. F ati gara : C1. Prastāra lV, versc 556. 6. lar: a free : Tafant f ri sega: 7. #17, 'pride.' fyra : name of the father of Muaja. Sce Introduction.
8. 3919, Statc crat, commerce etc. Cí. Praslava II, verse 89. All or 4967. He fanily of the Parainātas. Note tlac clision of one syllable to suit the metre, cf. ar: gar zo eft
: in the Mandhata Platcs of Devapăla, ( Ep. Ind. Vol. IX, p. 109, versc 21 ).
9. glag:--The regular forn afragt: is changed to honour the metre.
10. af, obviously itsel in the sense of 'lie enjoys in which senst the form should be भृक्त । Better rea1 बुभुजे। तत्समम् used for तया समम् note the position of समन् in the con pound. CI. 379aly | Prastava IV. vers 389). Similar irregular compounds are not wanting in Jain Prabanas.
11. :- Ao irregular form for goa: 12. To supplement the idea of this verse BI quotes the following stanza :
fat gar hafa MEAT I Aafet 441 far as I 13. चतुर्षा बुद्धपधिष्ठितः:= सामदानादिपु चतुबिधेषूपायेषु चतुर्षा प्रकारामानया बुद्धपा अधिष्ठितः । 14. aftags afar: 'witli paraphernalia'. 17 = fazifeH: 1 15. Egit (Prakrit)-- (Sanskrit ), TENISTA— used in the sette of
GT 291 379 Ter i Sote the compound without sämarikya, th:, a Deği word teaning Fa: 1 tafamaag. 'as it poor lian (will take ) a treasure'.
