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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
$$ 89-90. ] Nirayávaliyảo.
Third Leotare. The Story of Sukka.
(The Introduction to the third lecture, in the
usual terms is to be inserted here ).
89. There was a city named Rayagiha, a temple named Guņasilaa and a king named Seniya. Lord Mahavira arrived there on a religious visit. The assembly went out to hear him. At that time and at that period the great planet Sukka, in the Vimãna Sukkavadingaa and the throne Sukka, came there, exactly as Chanda, accompanied by four hundred residents of the same place, and having exhibited the dance returned. Then Goyama asked : "O Venerable Sir (everything else is to be supplied here iucluding Kudágårã sãlã, asking of the previous birth by Goyama and so forth ). Then Mahãyira answered: “Truly, in this way, O Goyama !"
90. At that time and at that period there was a city named Vanarasi. In that city of Vanărasi there lived a Brahmin named Somila who was rich ( and so forth, down to ) unvanquished, and well-versed in all the four Vedas such as Riuveya (Sk. Rgveda ). Lord Pårs'wa arrived there on a religious visit and the assembly waited upon him.
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