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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
LIVES OF THE GINAS.
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offerings (to the house-gods), and performed auspicious rites and expiatory acts, put on excellent, lucky, pure court-dress, and adorned their persons with small but costly ornaments. At dinner-time they sat down on excellent, comfortable chairs in the dining-hall, and together with their friends, relations, kinsmen, agnates, cognates and followers, and with the Gñâtrika Kshatriyas they partook, ate, tasted, and interchanged (bits) of a large collation of food, drink, spices, and sweetmeats. (104)
After dinner they went to the meeting halla) after having cleansed their mouths and washed; when perfectly clean, they regaled and honoured their friends, &c. (see $ 104, down to) Gñâtrika Kshatriyas with many flowers, clothes, perfumes, garlands, and ornaments. Then they spoke thus to their friends, &c. : (105)
Formerly, O beloved of the gods, when we had begotten this our boy, the following personal, reflectional, desirable idea occurred to our mind: “From the moment that this our boy has been begotten, our silver increased, our gold increased, &c. (see § 91, down to) Vardhamâna. Now our wishes have been fulfilled, therefore shall the name of our boy be Vardhamâna.”' (106, 107)
The Venerable Ascetic Mahâvîra belonged to the Kâsyapa gotra. His three names have thus been recorded : by his parents he was called Vardhamâna; because he is devoid of love and hate, he is called Sramana (i. e. Ascetic); because he stands fast in midst of dangers and fears, patiently bears hardships and calamities, adheres to the chosen rules of
1 This is an addition of the commentator. 2 Cf. Âkârânga Sûtra II, 15, $ 12.
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