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The palms of his hands resembled drided leaves of Butea Frondosa or dried leaves of Banyan Tree (Ficus India ). His neck appeared like the axle of a of a cart-wheel. His chin resembled a dry gourd fruit. His lips were contracted, and lusterless; they resembled dried bodies of leaches. His tongue was dry His nose appeared like a dry fruit of Bijora (Eagle Fruit) His eyes were lusterless like the stars in the early morning sky. His ears resembled the dry skin of Kårélá or Cucumber fruit or the thin skin of a root. His head appeared like the dry gourd or pumpkin fruit.
Although the body of the highly pious Dhanya Muni, had been reduced to a mere skeleton, he did not, in the least, become slack in the observance of his ascetic life, or in the practice of his daily vows. His religious meditations became daily purer.
Journeying through various villages and towns, Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira one day came to Rājagriha Nagara and he put up at Guņa Šila Vana.-King Śrènika went for his darsana, Having respectfully bowed down at the feet of the Venerable Lord, and having heard the preaching, he inquired:-"O Worshipful Master ! Who are the sādhus who are doing severe austerities and who arc capable of shredding their Karmas easily among your congregation of fourteen thousand sådhus headed by Ganadhara Mahārāja Indrabhūti Gautama ?
Śramana Bhagavāna Mahāvīra replied:-O Śréņika! Dhanno Anagara (Dhanya Muni) is capable of doing severe austerities and of shredding Karmas easiiy among my congregation of sådhus. King Śreņika again respectfully asked:- Bhagavan l. Why do you say that Dhanno Anagāra is capable of doing severe austerities and of shredding Karmas easily? Śramana Bhagavāna Mahāvira, thereupon, narrated before the king the account of the pious ascetic that has been described in the Jaina Āgamas. King Sréņika was greatly pleased. Having gone thrice round
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