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MAHĀPURANA
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4. 3a TT i. e., ten gods belonging to the class of 1999fa.
5. 1-8 The Jina is here described in terms of the epithets of god Siva but is shown superior to him, e.g. a fa , god Siva is always associated with his consort, but the Jina is devoid of her. 9-13. Similarly the Jina is shown superior to Brahma, and in 14-17 to Vişnu.
___9. 4a चउरासिलक्खजोणिहिं परिभमन्ति, तथा नित्येतरनिगोदयोः पृथिव्यप्तेजोवायुकायानां च प्रत्येकं सप्त योनिलक्षाणि, वनस्पतिकायिकानां दश, द्वित्रिचतुरिन्द्रियाणां प्रत्येकं द्वे द्वे, सुरनारकतिरश्चां चत्वारि, मनुष्याणां चतुर्दशेति, तदुक्तम्
णिच्चेदरधादु सत्त य तरु दस वियलिदिएसु छच्चेव ।
सुरणरयतिरिय चदुगे चोद्दस मणुए सदसहस्स ॥ T. 6-7 ET....quafer far moifa gey. The passage defines quffer as a faculty which helps the development. These qeffas are six, viz. Bigre, eating food and digesting it; at, body; sfeu, sense-organs; BTTTTTT, breathing; WTET, speech, and Hut, mind.
19. 11 सुहमणिगोयसमुब्भवह, of those that spring form the subtle णिगोय or fanta; this fanta is a physical body with infinite lives or souls.
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[ The Jina proceeds further to define the functions of different senseorgans and creatures that posses them. He then mentions the duration of their life. After a general description of the Geography of the Jambadvipa and other dvipas with their rivers and mountains and antaradvipas, the Jina proceeds to describe the human species with their characteristics and capacities. He then goes on to detail the heavenly regions and gods. He explains the fourteen Gupasthanas, the various prakstis of karman, the characteristics of the Siddhas and their happiness. On hearing the discourse the eighty-four lacs of princes renounced the worldly life and became monks who were then called his Ganadharas. Similarly Bambhí and Sundart became the first nuns of the Order. Only Marici remained unenlightened. The first lay disciple was Su yakitti and the lady disciple was Piyamvaya or Priyamvada. The first disciple to obtain emancipation was Ananta vira. ]
6. 6b aufera, multiplied by ay i. e. five, because there are five vows. ___8. 9-10 मइरंगहिं etc. The passage gives the names of the ten कल्पवृक्ष.
9. 20 foreg, rafgaar:, T., incapable of guessing or imagination.
10. 4 979494 TEH3 TWEE ATTA, la human being obtains the sixteenth heaven as a result of his vows of Srāvaka. The sixteen heavens
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