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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
LIVES OF THE GINAS.
brahmanical part of the town Kundagrâma in the middle of the night, when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Uttaraphalgunî, after his allotted length of life, of his (divine) nature, and of his existence (amongst gods) had come to their termination. (2) 1
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The knowledge of the Venerable Ascetic Mahâvira (about this) was threefold; he knew that he was to descend, he knew that he had descended, he knew not when he was descending".
In that night in which the Venerable Ascetic Mahavira took the form of an embryo in the womb of the Brahmanî Devânandâ of the Gâlandharâyana gotra, the Brâhmanî Devânandâ was on her couch, taking fits of sleep, in a state between sleeping and waking, and having seen the following fourteen illustrious, beautiful, lucky, blest, auspicious, fortunate great dreams, she woke up. (3) To wit:
An elephant, a bull, a lion, the anointing (of the goddess Sri), a garland, the moon, the sun, a flag, a vase, a lotus lake, the ocean, a celestial abode, a heap of jewels, and a flame. (4)
When the Brâhmani Devânandâ, having seen these dreams, woke up, she-glad, pleased, and joyful in her mind, delighted, extremely enraptured, with a heart widening under the influence of happiness, with the hair of her body all erect in their pores like the flowers of the Kadamba touched by rain-drops-firmly fixed the dreams (in her mind), and rose from her couch. Neither hasty nor trembling, with a quick and even gait, like that of the
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1 Cf. Âkârânga Sûtra II, 15, § 2.
2 Cf. Âkârânga Sutra II, 15, § 3.
* Add in the text asambhamtâe after avilambiyâe.
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