Book Title: Laghu Prabandh Sangraha
Author(s): Jayant P Thaker
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir 113 8 syai -one of the nine forms of Goddess Durga. 20.10. 9 तक्षिक IO ATT II aft 12 rifera -Taksa ka, the chief of one of the twentysix serpent-clans. When cighteen serpent-clans were burnt to ashes in the serpent-sacrifice of kiog Janamejaya, the great-grand-son of Arjuna, 1hc hero of the great Alahäbhärara war, Taksak a wats saved by the sage called Astika. 22.8. -Tarām a 1ī, the queen of king Hariscandra of the Solar race whose truthfulness was put to a severe test by the sage Visvä mitra. This royal couple, along with their little prince Rohita, had to be sold off and suffer a lot for the sake of keeping a word. Tärāmati is regarded as one of the tive cbastest wonien. 7.1. --the physician of the gods, who came out of the occan with a cup of nectar in his hands at the close of the great churning of the ocean by the gods and the demons. The progenerator of the Indian Science of Medicine. 22.9. -the grand-son of Arjuna, the Pandava hero, and son of Abhimanyu and Uttara. He ascended the throne of Hastinapura, after Yudhisthira at the age of 36 years. The Kali Agc is said to have commenced with his reign. Though a pious king, he once placed a dead serpent on the neck of the sage Sainika who, being engrossed in meditation, dish not notice the king's arrival at liis hermitage. As a consequence of the curse of Samika's son Singi, Pariksit died of the bite of the serpent-chief Taksa ka when hc was 96 years old. 22.8. the twenty-third Tirthaukara of the Jain a s. References in the present text are to the idols of and temples consecrated in honour of Pårsva nátha. 4.16; 22.4, 5, 7, 9-10, 11. -Sarasva t1, the goddess of learning. 30.14, 17. Vide Aind. 13 474 14 tett For Private And Personal Use Only

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