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LIVES OF THE GINAS.
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In the second month of winter, in the third fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Paushya, on its eleventh day, in the middle of the night, riding in his palankin called Visâlâ, followed on his way by a train of gods, men, and Asuras, &c. (Pârsva) went right through the town of Benares to the park called Asramapada, and proceeded to the excellent tree Asoka. There, &c. (see § 116, down to) five handfuls.
When the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Visakha, he, after fasting three and a half days without drinking water, put on a divine robe, and together with three hundred men he tore out his hair, and leaving the house entered the state of houselessness. (157)
The Arhat Pârsva, the people's favourite, for eighty-three days neglected his body, &c. (see $ 117, down to) animals. (158)
Thereafter the Arhat Pårsva, the people's favourite, was houseless, circumspect, &c. (see 118-120, down to) meditated upon himself for eighty-three days.
During the eighty-fourth day—it was in the first month of summer, in the first fortnight, the dark (fortnight) of Kaitra, on its fourth day, in the early part of the day, when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Visakhâ-Pârsva, under a Dhâtaki tree, after fasting two and a half days without drinking water, being engaged in deep meditation, reached the infinite, &c. (see § 120, down to) highest knowledge and intuition called Kevala, &c. (see $ 121, down to) moment. (159)
The Arhat Pârsva, the people's favourite, had eight Ganas and eight Ganadharas (enumerated in a Sloka):
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