Shraman Mahavira

Author(s): Dineshchandra Sharma
Publisher: Mitra Parishad Calcutta

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SHRAMAN MAHAVIR
Keshi was not satisfied with the laconic reply. Gautam, then, shared a few biographical occurences of Lord Mahavira with Keshi.
The Dream :
Clear blue sky Tranquil atmosphere The small hours of the night The locale is king Siddhartha's royal place it is the centre of the royal sleeping chamber An aroma of fragrant incenses pervades the air Lavish soft bed. In her slumber queen Trishala dreams a chain of events a
She saw
An elephant, fair as a rain-depleted cloud, bright as a pearl necklace, white as an ocean of milk, moon, bright transparent like a drop of water, white as a silvery mountain It has two pairs of tusks, with a mighty and high build
A bull, broad-shouldered and fair as petals of a white lotus
A lion with lightning-bright eyes sparkling as burnished gold Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth seated on a lotus, the legendary elephants, Divine Keepers of ten directions spraying her with their trunks
A garland made from the fresh flowers of Mandar, blooming in all the seasons, a few colured flowers streaking the white ones
Moon, immaculately white as the bubbling spray of Cow-mulk or a silvery vase It was glittering as the ocean spray or polished looking-glass bewitching in its charm, tranquil and serene.
Sun-The destroyer of darkness, emitting fiery brightness, red as red Ashok, Kinshuk, Shukmukh and the fruit of Gunja
A banner held aloft upon a golden staff, the upper half imprinted with a leonine figure and waving gracefully in the breeze
A metal vase full of water, surrounded with lotus motifs
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'Kalpasutra Sutra 33-47.
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