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antine body I Ab! your unyielding firmneas! You have acquired the beneficent reward of your sufferings. You will attain Kévale Jñāga í Perfect Koonledge) after a few years." Anandu then went home.
TENTH RAINY SEASON. śramana Bhagavān Mahāvīra then went to Śrāvastî Nagari, and he lived there during the tenth ralny season practising various austerities and Yogic methods.
Soon after completion of the rainy Beason at Śravastî Srampaņa Bhagavān Mabăvira took his break-fast cutside the town, and he went to Sānulatýhly ( Sānulabd hila ) Saonivéśa There he practised Bhadra Pratimā. Remaining without food, and water for the wliole day facing the East with his eye-sight fixed on one material body, and he remained facing the South during the night The next day, he remained facing the West during the day, and facing the North throughout the night. By thus observing a two days fasting for each division Sramana Bhagavän Mahāvīra completed the full period of the Bhadra Pratima. On the completion of the full period of the Bhadra Pratimnā, the Venerable Bhagavãn did not break the fasting, but he commenced the Mahã Bhadra Pratima He remained facing the East for one day and night with his arms extended, and for one day and night, facing each of the three remaining quarters. He, thus, remained in Kāyotsarga with four days fasting, and with out breaking the fast on the completion of the Mahā Bhadra Pratimnā, be commenced the Sarvato-Bhadra Pratimā. He remained in Kāyotsarga for one day and night in each of the ten quarters-ziz (The East, West, North, South-four inter-mediate points-North-East, North-West, South-East, South-West, and urdbvaloka-the upper Region, and the adho-loka-the Lower Region.) and ineditated with his eye-sight fixed or objects in urdhva-loka (upper quarters ) and on objects in adbo loka ( lower regions ) for adbo diśa (lower quarters. During this pratimu, Śramana Bhagavān Mahāvīra fasted for len days and nights withoui water. In the course of these three pratimās, the Venerable Saint felt great exhaustion. At the time of break-fast, the Jine
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