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CHAPTER I.
The title of the book is दसवेआलिअ ( Sk. दशवकालिक ). The traditional view explaining the term THOBTIrast is put forth by the part in Gāthās 12-14: 414-31U443īt qous fareuil - सीए उं । निज्जूढं किर सेज्जभवेण दसकालियं तेण ॥ जेण व जं व पडुच्चा जत्तो जावन्ति जह य ते ठविया । सो तं च तओ ताणि य तहा य कमसो कहेयव्वं ॥ सेज्जंभवं गणधरं जिणपडिमादसणेण पडिबुद्धं । मणगपियरं दसकालियस्स निज्जूहगं gja 11 The story can be briefly given as follows:-Vardhamāna, the last Tīrthankara had his pupil gai in charge of the art or Church. He had & pupil by name Jambu; Jambu had a pupil by name Prabhava. Prabhava was unable to find out from among his pupils a Gañadhara suitable to hold charge of the Church. He began to search one from among the householders. He thought of a Brāhmaṇ8 named सेज्जंभव (Sk. शय्यंभव) as a suitable person to succeed him. He sent two of his pupils to ha, at Rājagļha where the latter was performing a sacrifice, with instruction that they should beg alms of siha and on being refused they should exclaim "alas ! Religious Truth is not known !" and walk away. The pupils did as they were instructed. Asha was set a-thinking and he approached his teacher and asked him about the Truth. The teacher said at first that the Vedas were the Truth. AiHT thereupon drew out the sword and repeated the question. The teacher then said that there was the idol of Jina below the sacrificial post which was imperishable and eternal, and the Jaina Religion was the Truth. He presented the plot of ground where the sacrifice was held to the teacher and went away in search of the two monks whom he found near
