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deals with the eight kinds of knowledge. It has 11,000,000 Madhyama Padas.
11. The Kalyana-vádn-pûrva gives an account of the grand celebration of the great points (kalyâņaka) in the lives of Tîrthamkaras, Chakra-dharas, Vasudevas etc., and of the sixteen causes, and austerities that lead to a soul becoming a Tîrthamkara, or that make it deserving of the high positions in life; and also an account of the influence of the motions of the planets, sun, moon, and Naksatras (constellations), and that of their eclipses and of the
ries. It has 260,000,000 Madhyama Padas. 12. The Prâna-vada-pûrva contains an account of eight kinds of medical
of removal of pains caused by spirits and ghosts, by means of chanted formulae, or offering made under certain conditions, of antidotes to venoms of serpents etc., and of how to ascertain the auspiciousness of occasions by examining the respiration of men; of the ten currents of vitality in man's body; and of things which are agreeable or disagreeable to these currents in various forms of existence (such as that of men, animals etc.). It has 130,000,000 Madhyama Padas.
13. The Kriyâ-višála-pûrva treats of music, prosody, figures of speech; of the 72 arts; of the technical arts; of dexterity; of 64 arts of women; of their 84 rites such as pregnancy etc., of 108 rites such as right-belief, rightknowledge etc., and of 25 rites such as bowing to the gods etc., and also of necessary and occasional rites. It has 90,000,000 Madhyama Padas.
14. The Triloka-bindu-sâra-pûrva gives an account of the three worlds, the 26 parikramâs (preparatory rites), 8 vyavahâras (kinds of occupation), 4 bîjagañitas (4 branches of mathematics, algebra etc.) and the way oi attaining mokșa and the glory and happiness of having attained it. It has 125,000,000 Madhyama Padas.
E. The Five Chulikas
1. The Jalagatâ Châlikå gives the methods of staying water, of walking through water, of stopping fire, of passing through fire, of eating fire, by means of incantations or offerings.
2. The Sthalagatâ Chúliká gives an account of the methods of incantations and offerings, by which to go to Meru mountain and other countries, to travel swiftly etc.
3. The Mâyágatâ Châlikâ contains the incantations and offerings for performing miracles and tricks or sleights of hand.
4. The Rûpagatâ Cháliká contains the methods of transformation into the shape of a lion, elephant, hors. Ox, deer etc., by means of incantations, offerings, and austerities etc. It also contains an account of the processes of artificial transformation in the vegetable world, as well as that of combination or alteration of the metals and elements under chemical processes.
5. The Akâsagatâ Chủlikâ deals with the incantations, offerings, and austerities, by which man is enabled to travel in space etc.
Each of the five Châlikās has 20,989,200 Madhyama Padas.
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