Book Title: Nirayavaliyao
Author(s): A S Gopani, V J Chokshi
Publisher: Gurjar Granthratna Karyalay

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir 108 The Last Five Upangas [III. Lect. 4. see them as before, and having done so she will salute and bow down to them; and having heard the religious instruction she will say as before: “I shall take permission of Ratthakada and then get myself initiated.” And the nuns will reply as before : " As you please." Then that female Brahmin Soma will salute and bow down to the Suvvayı nuns and will go away from them, and will go to her own house to Ratthakîda and will ask with folded hands as before § 134. Then Ratthakuda will answer: 'As you please, O you beloved of the gods; do not make any delay." Then Ratthakada will get prepared abundant food ( and so forth as in the case of Subhaddă, down to) she will become a nun careful in going and 80 forth, down to ) a self-restrained female anchorite. 138. Then that nun Soma will study : under the Suvvayá nuns the eleven Angas such as the Samãiya+ and others, and having done so and observing two days' fasts, three days' fasts, four days' fasts, five days' fasts and so on, she will observe nunhood for many a year. Then having mortified herself by monthly fasts (in which sixty meals are cut off ) and having confessed and expi + See footnote on p. 52. For Private and Personal Use Only

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