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नायाधम्मकढाओ - ज्ञाताधर्मकथा : (or धर्मज्ञातकथा : ). plained by Com. f as follows:उदाहरणानि ' इति प्रथमः श्रुतस्कन्धः 'धम्मकहाओ 'त्ति धर्मप्रधानाः कथाः धर्मकथा इति fa: According to him, the title refers to the two parts of the work. The first one contains 'Illustrative' stories, i.e. stories illustrating some religious principles, and the second part contains only the religious stories. Every story is supposed to contain some moral principle, and generally, the moral is given immediately at the end. Sometimes, as. in Ch. XVI, the moral is not expressly given, and so the Com. tries to give it. This book is the Sixth Anga of the Svetambara Jain Canon. [1.84] - Voc. (1) - O Revered Sir; the alternative explanations are:- (2) भगवत् - Divine One; (3) - Serving (the preceptor); (4) shining, resplendent; (5) a one who has put an end to संसार; ( 6 ) भयान्त --- one who has put an end to the danger of rebirth, death etc. The first explanation is the usually accepted one. -- Upto. There are, in the Canonical Literature, some Typical Descriptions or quis. These set or stereotyped descriptions of kings, cities, queens etc., are given in one place, aud elsewhere they are merely referred to, either by adding the word 'q' at the end, or by giving the first and the last words in the set description and joining them by 1 (as, e.g. in). This is a special feature of the prose portions of the canon, and it is also shared by the Pali literature, wherein we get q, or Recurring Passages. etc.- The Com, reads it as-à काले णं etc. तस्मिन् काले तस्मिन् समये । काल: सामान्यकाल : अवसर्पिण्याः चतुर्थविभागलक्षणः, समयस्तु तद्विशेषः । काल or Time is divided into two Eons: fqf-the Ascending, and quit the Descending on. It is compared to a wheel with six s or spokes (a): they are :— (1) garg¶— The happiest period: the Golden Millenium ; ( 2 ) सुषमा; (3) सुषमादुःषमा — More happiness and little sorrow; (4) :- More misery and less
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