Life of Lord Mahavira

Author(s): Sarabhai Manilal Nawab
Publisher: Sarabhai Manilal Nawab

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The Life of Lord Sri Mahavira
Fig. 64. SMP. 44. The incidents of the twenty-fourth to twenty-sixth previous Bhava and the Birth of Sri Mahavira,
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During the twenty-fourth previous Bhava, the soul of Nayasara, was born as a beautiful god in Mahäsukra devaloka.
In the upper register of left hand margin, it is represented by a celestial palace.
Descending from Mahāsukra deva-loka, the soul of Nayasara, during the twenty-fifth previous Bhava, of Sri Mahavira, was born as Nandanakumara in the royal family.
In the middle register of left hand margin, Nandana is represented sitting on a throne, the honorific parasol of sovereignty is above him.
During the twenty-sixth previous Bhava of Sri Mahavira, the soul of Nayasara, was born as an affinent god in Pränat deva-loka.
In the lower register, it is represented by a celestial palace.
After completing his age-limit as a celestial being, the soul of Nayasara, having descended from the Pränat deva-loka, during the twenty-seventh Bhava, Queen Trisala gave birth to Sri Mahavira.
In the painting. Trisala is represented lying on a golden couch furnished with a flower, bed sheet and a cushion. The babe Mahavira is supported by her left arm. Her sări is decorated with a flower pattern, a scarf covering her coiffure is wrapped round her waist and she wears ornaments. A maid is in attendence.
In the upper register of right margin, Sri Mahavira is represented in Kayotsargamudra with two spikes in the ears. In the lower register, two laymen sitted in worshipping attitude, seeing towards Sri Mahavira, standing in Kayotsarga.
In the upper border is represented, A layman in first compartment. A laywoman is giving alms to a jain monk in second compartment. King Siddhartha and Queen Trisala sitted in third compartment. Two laymen and two laywomen sitted in fourth comparment. All are worshipping Sri Mahavīra with folded hands.
In the lower border is represented, three horses, three elephants and a layman.
In the text written by gold letters:
'The southernly pleasant wind was gently touching the ground, at a time when all the people were joyful and amusing themselves playfully on account of heathfulness and a time of plenty, at midnight, when the moon was in conjunction with the constelation uttaraphalguni, Trisala Ksatriyani painlessly gave birth to a healthy child.
The night during which Sramana Bhagavan Mahavira was born, many gods and many." ચિત્ર ૫ થી ૮૦. દેવસાના પાડાની પાત્રની પ્રત ઉપર.