Parshvabhyuday

Author(s): Jinsenacharya, M G Kothari
Publisher: Gulabchand Hirachand Doshi

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of the extensive hollows of hundreds of old trees, extremely formidable owing to the intumescence of the dead bodies, and terrible owing to the full-grown and pervading howlings of female jackals. There, He, acting as a drum, beaten at the time of worship performed by magicians in the evening, by means of His pleasing sounds of thunder, towards the assemblage of magicians wearing washed clothes, armed with spears, moving on the cremation ground uttering incantations, rigidly observing the rites prescribed for the sake of attaining magical skill, would attain praiseworthy honours. In the interior part of that forest, he said, there was a temple dedicated to lord Jina, known by the name Kalakala Jinālaya traditionally owing to the confused noise of prayers, and the abode of good sages. After performing worship of Lord Jina with drums, in the form of thunders, sounded, He would fully obtain remuneration of His loud rumbling thunders. On reaching that temple there in the forest, He, with the drops of water discharged sportively, should moisten the clever courtezans, wearing girdles jingling on account of the movements of their feet, going slowly, possessing beautiful necks, having their bodies covered over with drops of perspiration given off through exertion at the end of songs sung in chorus at the time of worship performed in the evening. There in that temple, He should see those courtezans wearing jingling anklets studded with jewels, singing loudly in keeping with the graceful movements of their feet, possessing graceful movements of their eyebrows turned upwards, looking upwards, sprinkled over twice or thrice with drops of fresh sprays of water discharged by Him, possessing nimbleness [ or extra-ordinary beauty, having their hands fatigued on account of waving Câmaras possessing 'handles covered over with the lustre of jewels. Those courtezans, there, on obtaining from Him the first drops of rain water, the marks ( wounds made by the nails at the time of sexual enjoyment, would look at Him, sat on the upper part of the
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