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Jambū-jyoti
57. They also make changes in the list of thirty-four atisayas of
a Tirthankara. (78)
58. Camara, the king of the Vyantaras, went to conquer the king of
the Saudharma heaven29 (79)
59. Seeing his adamantine stick, Camara then came to take refuge at
the feet of Mahāvīra. (79)
50. When a Jina attains nirvāna, his body does not evaporate entirely like
a lightning (contrary to the Digambara belief). (80) 61. If a householder sees a muni who is suffering from lust, he may offer
a woman to him so that he does not abandon his mendicant life. (80)
62. Even the body of a kevalin can cause destruction of beings. (80)
63. When Mahāvīra died, the gods gathered together and worshipped his
jawbone30. (81)
64. At the janma-kalyānaka of Mahāvīra, he shook Mount Meru (with his
toe). (81)
65. There are only fourteen dreams, not sixteen (as the Digambaras hold),
that foretell the birth of a Tirthankara31. (81)
66. Gangādevī lived for fifty-five thousand years. (82) 67. Cakravarti Bharata merely followed the ways of the world (i.e., he was
unattached like a monk while still ruling his kingdom). (82)
68. There are not ninety-six bhogabhūmis. (83)
69. There is no fault in taking water from a leather bag. (83)
70. There is no fault in taking a meal prepared with ghee kept in a leather
bag. (83) 71. There is no fault in eating food that has become stale. (83)
72. There is no fault in eating a whole (sāre ?) fruit. (83) 73. The goddess Nīlāñjanā did not dance in front of Rsabha to make him
renounce the world (doubtful reading). (84)
74. Vardhamāna resolved while still in the womb of his mother that he
would not renounce the world as long as his parents were alive32. (84)
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