Caurasi Bol

Author(s): Padmanabh S Jaini
Publisher: Siddhantacharya Pt Fulchandra Shastri Foundation Roorkee

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The Jina (like Vardhamāna) attends school although he possesses avadhijnāna at the time of his birth.'' (30-31)
The Jina, prior to abandoning the household, distributes gifts for an entire year." (32)
The Jina gives up clothes at the time of his renunciation but Indra, the King of Gods, places a length of cloth over his shoulder (deva-dūshya).'? (33)
In the absence of the ganadharas--the only human beings who can interpret the divya-dhvani—the Jina (Mahāvīra) preached his first sermon to the gods only.' (The Digambara point seems to be that if this were the case, then it would be wasted as the gods could not take any vratas. They believe that the Jina maintained silence for sixty-six days until Gautama, the first ganadhara-to-be, appeared in the samavasarana.)* (34-35)
Mahāvīra's mother (Trishalā) was not his natural mother because he was conceived in the womb of the brahman Devānandā.'s (360)
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The first Tīrthankara, Adinātha, was born with a twin sister (yugaliyā), and they became husband and wife. (36b)
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In addition to his twin-wife, Ādinātha married Sunandā, a second wife, who had become a widow (i.e., vidhavāvivāha). 16 (37-38)
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Mahāvīra was first conceived in the despicable family of a brahman. (39)
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By the orders of Indra, Harinegameshī transferred that fetus into the womb of Trishālā and this is called (by the Shvetāmbaras) a miracle (acherā, i.e., ‘āscarya)." (40-45)
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The belief that only two Jinas, namely, Malli and Nemi, were unmarried, while in fact there were five. (According to the Digambaras, Vāsupūjya, Pārshva, and Mahāvīra were also kumāras, i.e., unmarried). (45)