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supposed to have occurred, men lived 84 lacs of former years. Practically however no account is further taken by our author of the enormous length of the life of men, nor of their height, viz. 500 धनुस् or about 3000 feet."
10. 19. गोसकिच्च = प्रभातकृत्यं । दे. ना. मा. २-९६ । 'गोवी बाला गोसं गोसग्गं' Comm. 'गोसं प्रभातं '
11. 23. गहियनारंगकढिणया i. e. Carrying Oranges and leaves. To explain कढिण, पाइअसद्दमहण्णवो of Pandit Hargovinddas gives three meanings — (१) कठिन (२) तृणविशेष (आचा. २. २. ३.) (३) पर्ण (पण्ह २. ५. )
12. 1. ससमयपसिद्धाए i. e. usual to one's particular tenets. This expression all the more emphasises the fact that the ATTAS described here are Brahmanical asceties. J. has also noticed this fact (J's Edi, Fasc. 9. P. xxii.)
___13. 5. सुहासणटेण [ सुखासनस्थेन ] Sitting on a good seat.
13. 17. संसारचारयगयं i. e. incarcerated in the prison of the world. for चारय See दे. ना. मा. ३-२१.
15. 14. 7. reads garoitig; marks no material difference in sense. ___15. 18. अबहस्थिय [ अपहस्तित ] = दूरीकृत laid aside.
20. 1-2. संजत्तेह धयमालोवसोहियं संदणनिवहं-Harness the host of chariots, beautiful with flags and
