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77 77. भरहे राया चाउरंतचक्कवट्टी सत्तत्तरि पुवसतसहस्साई 'कुमारवास मज्झावसित्ता महराया भिसेयं पत्ते। अंगवंसातो णं सत्तत्तरिं रायाणो मुंडे जाव 'पव्वइया। गहतोय-तुसियाणं देवाणं सत्तत्तरि देवसहस्सा परिवारो पण्णत्ता। एगमेगे णं मुहुत्ते सत्तत्तरि लवे लवग्गेणं पण्णत्ते।
Universal monarch Bharat, the victor of the four directions, after living seventy-seven lac years as prince, was crowned as great king4. The seventyseven kings of the Anga dynasty after tearing their hairs adopted houselessness from mundane life. The family of Lokāntika gods Gardatoya and Tuşita is expounded of seventy seven thousand gods. The seventy-seven lavas are expounded in each muhūrta.
1. "रावा खं०॥ 2. 'मझे व हे २ मु०॥ 3. भिसिय पत्ते जे०। भिसेयं सपत्ते हे २। भिसेयं संपत्ते हे १ ला २ मु०॥ 4. पव्वत्तित्ता हे १ ला २१ पब्बतिया जे०। पब्वितित्ता खं०॥ 5. सपरि मु०॥ 6. परिवारा जे० विना॥
Notes
A. The eldest son of Rsabhadeva, the universal monarch Bharat, was born when the former's age was six lac pūrvas. Bharat's succession to the throne coincided with the former's renunciation, at the age of eighty-three lac pūrvas. Hence, Bharat lived for seventy-seven lac pūrva as a prince". B. According to Sthānāngasūtra Lokāntika gods Gardatoya and Tusita have seven lord of gods and have a family of seven thousand gods. The account of this aphorism differs, may be because of different redaction (vācanā). On the basis of Sthānāngasūtra it may be inferred that the text might have indicated seven and seventy through 'sattasattari sahassa'. Because of similarity of the digits (77) the description has been included in the Samavāya 77. The other reason may be that this aphorism of Samavāyānga read 'satta-satta deva sahassa parivāra' and at the time of redaction instead of Samavāya seven, it might have been clubbed into Samavāya seventy-seven. However, the
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