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THE JAINA GAZETTE To the Sudra-Service to the above three classes and other works.
To ensure that such class discharged its duties properly without encroachment, the Master devised a system of punishment. To guard against encroachments, and the oppres. sion of the strong over the weak, He appointed mandalikas (or provl. governors) from the Kuru, Natha, Hari, and Ugra famlies. The Kuru chief was Somaprabha, Hari chief was Hari, Akampana was the Natha chief, and Kasyapa the Ugra chief ; also Kaccha and Mahakaccha chiefs, and placed His sons well over each country and family,
The reign of Vrishabhaswami (Adi Brahma) lasted for sixty pubba lakka years.
Vrishabhaswami was in durbar one day. Nabhiraja, Kaccha, Mahakaccha, Somaprabha of Somavamsa, Harikanti of Harivamsa, Akampana of Nathavamsa, Kasyapa of Ugravamsa and other famous chiefs were present. Indra knowing by Avadhi that the Parinishkramansa Kalyana (Renunciation) was approaching, came down with his hosts to give a musical entertainment. Permission being granted to display the dance and music, the programme commenced. The famous Nilanjane entered and displayed with great skill and charm all the styles and all the rasas, and all the thirty-two dances, and the one hundred and eight gamuts of the Bharata Sastra. The audience was in raptures, and was captivated. Suddenly (her term of that life was run out), she vanished. The rasa was gone. Indra managed to put in a similar dance, the devas and men assembled being unable to notice the difference. But the great Lord knew at once, and wondered at the instability of the body. Feeling disgusted of Samsara, He was accosted by the Lokantika devas, who indicated that it was time for the great Renunciation. Indra came again as in duty bound to celebrate this third Kalyana_along with the coronation of Bharata as Adhiraja, and Bahubali as Yuvaraja, and apport ioning to the other sons their due share of the Empire.
The great Renunciation was on Chaitra dark navaminUttarashadha at the third Jama. Indra after worshipping the Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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