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retinue, ascended the same celestial aerial car and went back in the direction he had come from.
[ Page 118] (Sutra 26) Then the Ascetic Gautama bowed down to and saluted the Revered Monk Mahavīra; and respectfully addressed him thus:-" O Venerable Sir! whither has gone all the celestial prosperity, heavenly splendour and divine glory and prowess of the God Sūryābha? Where has it entered"? (the Lord answered): "O Gautama! It has gone into and entered his ( own) body". "Why is it said thus, O Revered Sir, that is has gone into and entered his body"? "O Gautama, suppose, e.g. there is a dome-shaped building, smeared and guarded on both the sides, with the doors well-secured, free from breeze and quiet (or peaceful) owing to the absence of gale. Neither very near, nor far from that dome-shaped building, suppose, there is a big crowd of people. And that crowd of men happens to see a big storm of clouds or a downpour of rain or a big gale advancing rapidly; then that crowd enters the big domeshaped house and waits there. Even so, O Gautama, it is said that it has entered the body (of the God Suryabha)".
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[Page 124] (Sutra 27) "O Revered Sir! where is situated the Suryabha Vimāna of the God Sūryābha, "? "O Gautama! In the continent Jambudvipa, to the south of the Mandara mountain, above the very level surface of this Ratnaprabha Earth, going beyond many yojanas above the Moon, the Sun, planets, stars and constellations, many hundreds and thousands and millions and crores of yojanas above it, there is a Kalpa ( or Heavenly abode) name as Saudharma Kalpa. It is extending in length from east to west, expansive (i.e. broad) from Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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