Book Title: Mahapurana Part 3
Author(s): Pushpadant, P L Vaidya
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith

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________________ -LXVI) NOTES 509 2. 86 वयविहिअजोग्नु दिण्णु वि ण लेइ, while begging alms he does not accept things which, for his vows ( afe he cannot accept, 8. 16 fou eatifs, on the same day, month and fortnight on which he was born, i. e. on the first day of the bright half of atte. 26 कित्तियणक्खत्तासिइ ससंकि, when the moon was in conjunction with the नक्षत्र mentioned ( faa) or fat. LXV 3. 4b ET TEUTETUT3754545, the town that excelled in brightness or was extremely bright owing to the rays of gems. 4. 96-106 aftalfs T faâurs....90034 TUCHTTE, when after the afor of Fre onefourth of the TCUITH minus one thousand crores of years passed. 5.56 दहदहधणुतणु, with his body twenty शरासनs in height. गुणभद्र however mentions thirty शरापनs as the height of अर. Compare : त्रिशच्चापतनू त्सेधः चारुचामी#Tagfa:-65, 26. Which seems to be more probable. 9. 1-8 Note the play on the term 7 or 3e here. 11. 8a fua fortasfefe 75 arah, the king became a Jain monk, while the Brahmin became a Ti ascetic, i. e., an ascetic following the teaching of the Vedice religion, particularly the teaching of devotion to god fara. 12. 6-77 G etc. These lines give the characteristic behaviour of god शिव, who performs a ताण्डवनृत्य, sings, has a woman or women (पार्वती and गङ्गा), beats the gas, burns fate, and kills demons. The Jain monk says that such a godhead will not save one from संसार. 13. 6b arataratarfa zaifa, the pair of sparrows, having formed their nest in the beard of the ascetic, used to warble. 16. 1-2 These lines give the origin of the name FOUT FUTOTTE, the city of F4F, because the girls in which, having refused to marry the sage, became dwarfish owing to his curse. 24. 16 afera u fa te qafafa, having burnt to ashes all the oftas. qfafa comes from TIF a deśí root which is preserved in modern Marathi as qraf. LXVI 1. 9a faqatat&f2317, whose beauty or spirit was soiled by sufferings of widow hood ( fagan, fagara ). 106 q7 als o fq=3fh, but I do not see or know my father ( Eata ). Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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