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Nirayávaliyão. Second Leoture. The Story of Stra.
87. Jambû asked : "If O Venerable Sir, the Ascetic, the blessed Mahăvîra, has expounded this as the purport of the first lecture of the third section called Pupphiya, what then, 0 Venerable Sir, has been expounded as the purport of the second lecture of the third section called Pupphiyā by the Ascetic, the blessed Mahấvira, who has obtained emancipation ? Then Mahã vira answered: “ Truly, in this way, 0 Jambû ! "
88. At that time and at that period there was a city named Riiyagiha, a temple named Gunasilaa, and a king named Seniya. Lord . Pars'wa arrived there on a religious visit Síra, exactly as Chanda went out to hear him ( and so forth, down to having exhibited the dance returned. Then Goyama's asking of the previous birth is to be described. And then Mahãvira's reply including the mention of the city of Sãvatthi, the householder Supaittha who was rich (and so forth exactly as in the case of Angai), the arrival of Lord Părs'wa, Sura'sinitiation exactly as in the case of Angai, violating the rules of monkhood exactly as in the
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