Book Title: Kummaputta Chariam
Author(s): K V Abhyankar
Publisher: K V Abhyankar

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________________ St. 71 Notes in the Agama literature viz. nail, plank and fastening down, respectively; cf. Finet TV पट्टो वज्जं पुण खीलयं वियाणाहि। उभयमकडबंधो नारायं तं वियाणाहि. The build of the body is described to be of six kinds :-99TATTHETA, THनाराचसंहनन, नाराचसंहनन, अर्धनाराचसंहनन, कीलिकाFRETTA and Francea, a means arrangement of bones. In the strongest build, called वज्रऋषभनाराचसंहनन, the संहनन or the arrangement of the bones is fixed as it were by as ( nails ) as well as by #97 (band) as well as by नाराच or मर्कटबन्ध ( light fastening of bones ) on both the sides. In short, aGETATTHAT is a build of the body, where pairs of bones have a band of a third bone round them and are held fast by a nail of bones on each side. For details see F F97 I. 138-39. Fouragosto ( Sk. nga farch querit ) has been explained in more than one way in the old Gujarati commentary. (1) As fair (witc) as the line on a touch-stone (fata) of a piece (gost) of gold (), or, as fair as a lotus ( 7 ); 2 As fair ( The ) as the vividness (T) of the line on a touch-stone (fen) of the excellent colour (1984) of gold and other metals ( 77 ); (3) as fair (Fitt) as saffron (Th) or colour (flent) of particles ( 96 ) of gold (772). Fa (Sk. ta:) furious

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