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Besides, it was a great town, in which the word Margana Artror meaning a bow was heard only amongst warriors, while there was no Mārgaña alfror beggar in the entire population; in which Dust teft, Drapers, alone entertained atona Dosyā. bhilāşa-the desire of selling clothes, while others had no desire for eter Doșa-blemishes; in which elephants had their passage blocked only by trees, while people had no use of mace or any weapon; in which the word Vaira act or Vajra a meaning & diamond was applied to precious stones, but there was no mention of Vaira at Enmity-in the whole population.
Iksvākula.
Śrt Risabha-deva was the king of Vinitā. He was anointed and enthroned as a king by the Indras who went there with gold Kalasa 9 water-pot in their hands on the shaking to and fro of their celestial seats. He established four varieties of families-namely 1. Ugra Kula 395 a family of police-magistrates. 2. Bboga Kula trg a family of king's friends. 3. Rājanya Kula srubo a family of king's family-members and relatives and 4. Ksatriya Kula si a race of Ksatriyaswarrior race-and the military force consisting of four parts, vizelephants, chariots, cavalry and infantry-and putting on divine ornaments such as gold bracelets, armlets, and the diadem beset with emeralds and precious stones presented on the occasion by the Indras, king Rışabba-dova governed his kingdom very judiciously.
The soul of Rişabha-deva descending from the preferat PECAT Sarvārtha Siddha Vimāna took the form of a foetus in the embryo of xft tarat Sri Maru-dèvi Mātā at the house of Śri Nābhi Kulakara eft
, portended by fourteen auspicious great drcams, on the fourth day of the dark-half of the month of Aşādha, when the Moon was in conjunction with Uttarāşādhā constellation. By the quivering of his lion-shaped throne in the heaven by the supernatural influence of the pass of meritorions deeds of Rişabha-deva accumulated in previous
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