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5. 56 कोसलं पुरं, i. e., साकेत which is the capital of the कोसल country.
6.3a परमेसरु, i.e. सुभौम, who was destined to be a चक्रवर्तिन later. ICb एउ जि, this very earthen plate filled with the teeth of his father ( 697 ), which turned into a discus ( 97 ).
10. 10a nafs ( 2 ), in a ditch, i. e., in a hell.
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4. 6a हिरण्णगब्भो, i. e., a जिन. The term हिरण्यगर्भ is used to designate god Tai in Hindu Mythology, but in Jain Mythology it is used to denote a ti.
9. la दिणि छक्के विच्छिण्णए, six days after his दीक्षा. i.e., on पौष कृष्ण द्वितीया, मल्लि attained केवलज्ञान. गुणभद्र also gives this date exactly in the same form. Compare: fata Te TFT T SHà-66.51.
13. lla famurhaal, i, e., the minister named fata, who gave a wrong report about राम and विराम to their father वीर, was born as बलि the अर्धचक्रवतिन् and a gfaargea.
14 4b Turah, i, e., attuat; the lengthening of the third syllable is due to metre.
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