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13. 26 fantafe gri, FEHTHT or aftar is a dark cave through which Bharata had to pass along with his army.
15. 6धरणेण, by धरण, the king of snakes who gave on behalf of ऋषभ, the towns to नमि and विनमि.
17. 76 TEK Tu agafey Tz, to us there will be the mode of life peculiar to sky-clad monks. The expression cafu indicates the sectarian attitude of the present work along with several other similar expressions like sixteen heavens.
22. 10 feet afgtg etc. the mountain (Afeg, HETER ) certainly observes all formalities towards a king ( far ).
XVI [ Having saluted the Jina, Bharata got down from the Kailasa mountain and then proceeded in the direction of Ayodhyā, and having crossed various countries he came to gates of the city. The disc or Cakra however did not enter the city but stood outside it. His priest then told him that it did not enter the town because Bahubali, his younger brother, was not yet conquered and thus his conquest of the world remained still incomplete, Bahubali was very strong and might even defeat Bharata, but he kept quiet so long. Similarly his other brothers also did not pay tribute to him. On hearing this Bharata got angry and sent messengers to his brothers to accept his sovereignty. They declined to do that but went to Kailasa mountain and become monks. Bahubali on the other hand would not accept the sovereignty of his brother and challenged Bharata to fight with him ).
1. 2 TRUE IF, towards Saketa, i. e. Ayodhya, of which it is another name. See Geographical Dictionary of Nundo Lal Dey. 12a EU 855693, sprinking with water mixed with saffron. 953603 is a Deśí word. Compare her in Marathi. 19 afefe aftarafa, after sixty thousand years which was the period taken by Bharata for his conquest of the world.
4. 10 fa a etc., in as much as they are not yet won, the cakra does not enter the town. The idea is that the disc cannot enter the town unless the conquest is complete.
6. 12a fæ fefe afourgos pieca, how can one describe ( fully ) god of love or Cupid ? Bahubali, the son of Risaha, looked like god of love and the poet says it is not possible to do justice to his beauty by a description.
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