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I AM MAHĀVĪRA
Bihar). She was noted all around for her beauty and praiseworthy qualities. The king Siddhārtha was very popular among the public of his republic through his varied kinds of public services. I was born in this popular royalty. The king Siddhārtha and the queen Trisalā were my parents.
When I grew gradually, my mother, one day, told me that when I was conceived, she saw many auspicious dreams in the night before. It is said, "Whenever there occurs any important i..cident, the great people get pre-inklings about it." These dreams
were indicative of my birth and activities.
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Fig. 1. Dreams of Trišalā My Mother told me that she saw a white elephant in her dreams;
she saw a white bull as big as the great Himālaya. She saw that
white lion jumped and entered into her mouth. She saw Laxmi
(goddess of wealth and prosperity) residing in a lotus. She saw two garlands of flowers. She saw two sporting fish. She saw a sun, a moon, a flag and a royal throne. She saw a silver pitcher embedded
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