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samavasara pa on the occasion. All the thirty-two Indras graced it with their presence. They then offered prayers to Risa ha. ]
1. 7 fost T&TFiTheaf, food which is to be offered to Jain monks should be free from flaws such as 79Ff, which the marginal note explains as नीचं कर्म स्वयंपाकादिकम्, but elsewhere it is explained as आधानं आधा साधुनिमित्तं
: sfTETIT TEUT: FH fffiT, TELTTIE EFT 14. 15a qtfuqfa, in the plate, viz., the palm. 17 TTT, these men, i. e., his followers who became monks along with him.
3. 3a ससिप्पहाणुजम्मिणा, by the younger brother of ससिप्पह, i. e., सोमप्रभ, the son of बाहुबलि. 36 भवाणुबद्धषम्मिणा, by one who stored meritorious deeds in the previous births.
4. 156 aforca, afara:, arms.
5. 5a भरहहु तुम्हहं मेइणि दिण्णी, by whom the earth was given to Bharata and to you, i. e., to Somaprabha and Sre yamsa, of course through their father Bahubali.
6. 2 सिरिमइवज्जजंघजम्मंतरावयारो, the incidents in the sixth previous birth of Risa ha when he was born as quaie and his consort was fafche. At that time सेयंस was the charioteer and knew that वज्जजंघ ( or वजनाभ) was destined to be the first atd . For details see Hemacandra, Trişaşti, III. 284-287 and also this work XXIV.
___7. 16a सद्दहाणु णव पंचहुं सत्तहुँ, i.e. faith in nine पदार्थs, five अस्तिकायs and seven teas. 18a daftarafs, marked by a partial observance of the vows, as in the case of a householder who takes the has and not the retas.
9. 2 दाययदेज्जपत्तववहारसारमग्गं, principles in essence of the classification of the donor ( 774, an ), the gift (0,24 ) and the receiver ( 98, 997). 11-12
THUTUT IT etc.-food helps the body to practise penance, penance produces forbearance, forbearance results in the removal of impurities, the removal brings about kevalajñāna, which in its turn secures bliss. Compare for the objects of begging alms :
वेयण वेयावच्चे इरियट्राए य संजमाए। तह पाणवत्तियाए छटुं पुण धम्मचिन्ताए ।
--fquefaryffi, 662 11. 8-9 az fache etc., the day on which Seyamsa served alms to Risaha was the third day of the bright half of a stier, which day, even now, is called 3782474. The passage explains the Jain view why the day is so called.
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