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tive but to expiate for the sin. The god showed his original form and revealed the whole episode. Āsādha returned to his original place, joined the group and re-established his faith in the creed. 1 1. NisCu. I. p. 20, SamA. p. 118, UttN. & Utts. p. 133, UttCu. p. 87, DasCu. pp.
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habhūi (Āsādhabhūti) A disciple of Dhammarui (2). Once he went to the house of Viśvakarman, a royal actor, to beg alms. He received one sweetball from there. While coming out from the house he thought that the preceptor would take the ball and he would get nothing. Hence, he changed his form and went to the actor again. Thinking that the teacher would take the second ball, too, he changed his form again and went to the actor's house third time. Višvakarman, seeing him coming in different forms, told his two beautiful daughters that if the man was fascinated, he would be very useful to them. The daughters succeeded in fascinating him. Asādhabhūi abandoned asceticism, married the girls and put on the dress of an actor. He became the leader of actors on achieving proficiency in the art of acting. He used to earn a lot of wealth by propitiating kings. He disliked wine and hence, his wives also gave it up. Once a king ordered that only actors, without any woman, should perform a play at the court. The two wives of Āsādhabhūi thought that their husband would not be at home that night and, therefore, they could take wine. They did accordingly and slept upstairs quite naked. The king postponed the performance owing to some reasons. Āsādhabhūi returned from the court, saw the plight of the drunken wives, lost all attachment for the world and decided to renounce it. When Vi vakarman came to know about this, he reproached his daughters and sent them to conciliate him. They went to Āsādhabhūi and requested him either not to renounce the world or to arrange for their maintenance. Āsādhabhūi along with five hundred princes staged a drama before king Simharatha of Rāyagiha. He played the part of Cakkavatti Bharaha (1) and the princes that of his tributary kings. Actual scenes of fourteen jewels, mirror-house, etc., were shown. At last in the mirror-house Asādhabhūi, together with the five hundred princes, renounced the world and entered the state of asceticism after giving all the ornaments to his wives as the means of their support. ? 1. PinN. 414-480, VyaBh. IV. 177, SutCu. p. 363, SutSi. p. 72, PinNM. pp. 137-8, JitBh.
1398-1411. Āsāsa (Āśvāsa) Another name of Ayära. 1
1. AcaN. 7. Āsāsaņa (Aśvāsana) One of the eighty-eight Gahas. 1 It is the same as Assāsaņa.
1. Sth. 90.
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