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out of that (hell), among serpents, ... the rest to be understood as in the story of Gosāla ... upto...having come out of the Ratnaprabhā earth she was born among the five-sensed rational creatures, Then coming out of that, (she wandered) among the various species of birds ... upto ... after that, many hundred and thousand times as one possessing the gross and harsh earth-body.
[18.114]. Then, after that, coming out of it she was conceived as a daughter, in this very Jambūdvīpa island, in the Bhārata Varşa, in the city of Campā, in the womb of Bhadrā, the wife of the merchant Sāgaradatta. Then that merchant's wife Bhadrā, at the end of nine months, delivered a daughter, tender, delicate, and as (soft as) the palate of an elephant. Then the parents of that girl, after she became twelve days.old, gave her the following significant name, bringing out her qualities :-“In as much as this daughter of ours is as delicate as the palate of an elephant, let the name of this daughter of ours be Sukumārika 2". Then the parents of that girl named her as 'Sukumārikā. Then that girl Sukumārika was tended (or reared ) by five nurses; viz., the wet-nurse,...upto... like a Campaka creeper, growing in the interior of a mountain-cave, which is free from the force of a gale and other dangers,... upto...grew (happily ). Then that [P.19] girl Sukumārikā, being past her childhood,...upto... had a remarkably beautiful body, and possessed excellent beauts, youth and charm. (19.115] There was, in that city of Campā, a merchant named Jinadatta, rich etc. That Jinadatta had a wife named Bhadrā, who was dear to him and who enjoyed with him all the human pleasures and enjoyments. That Jinadatta had a son named Sāgaraka from his wife Bhadrā, and he was delicate...upto...handsome. Now that merchant Jinadatta once went out of his bouse, and was walking in the vicinity of the house of) the merchant Sāgaradatta. Now that girl Sukumārikā, having bathed, and being surrounded by a group of maids, was playing with a golden ball on the terrace (of her mansion). Then that merchant Jinadatta saw that girl Sukumārikā, was astoaished at the beauty etc. of that girl, and calling Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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