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APPENDIX 9
FIVE AUSPICIOUS OCCASIONS WITH THE NAMES, DAYS, PLACES, STATES ETC. Note-Jain scriptures have considered five occasions in the lives Tirthankaras (Saviours) as outstanding and named them as 'Kalyanakas' because all these occasions including the arrival, the birth, the initiation etc. are meant for the good of all beings in the three worlds. The Tirthankaras look upon the maximum good of others as their own good, unlike ordinary human beings. This is the peculiar characteristic of those who have transcended ordinary human capacity.
Name
The time from present
Before Vikrama
Era
The year before Christ
Day Gujarati Month
Place
The State
544
600 B. C.
1. Auspicious
occasion of descent
Ashadh Shukla Paksha 6th day
Brahmin Kunda Gam Nagara
The State of Videha (N. Bihar)
Before
2569 years, 9 months and 712 days Before
2569 years
543
2. Auspicious
occasion of birth
599 B. C.
Chaitra Shukla Paksha 13th day
Kshatriya Kund Gam Nagara
513
569 B. C.
3. Auspicious
occasion of initiation
Before
2539 years
Kartik Krishna Paksha 10th day
501
557 B. C.
4. Auspicious occasion of absolute enlightenment the State of omniscience
Before
2527 years
Vaishakh Shukla Paksha 10th day
Present State of Bihar
The town of Jrimbhika (on the bank of the river Rujuvalika)
471
5 27 B. C.
Pavapuri
5. Physical redemp
tion Nirvana i.e. end of earthly life
Before
2497 years
Aso Krishna Paksha last day (Amavas)
• The years mentioned here are counted from the year 1970 A.D. at the time of preparing this album. The exact number of days are
not taken into consideration. . During the four auspicious occasions i.e. except the first one, of every Tirthankara there is extraordinary light for about six
hours in all the three worlds and to celebrate these occasions Indra and other gods descend to the human world. • Does the throne of Indra rock and does Indra pray at every auspicious occasion? No specific answer is found in the texts. The rocking of the throne during the transplantation of the foetus is mentioned in Mahavirachariam by Shree Nemichandra and in Tri. Sh. Sh. P. Ch. 2. V-7.
APPENDIX 10
Vardhamana Mahavira Gnatanandana 46
VARIOUS NAMES OF BHAGAVAN MAHAVIRA Name given by parents
Nirgrantha Muni (being the piercer of the knot Name given by gods
of attachment and prejudice) Being born in a known family Shramana Sadhu (because of great capacity for penance)
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46. In ancient times a person was more known by his ancestor head, geneo
logy, country and the town. Here, let us consider the names based on families and as presented by Shvetambara and Digambara sects of Jaina community as well as by Bauddha writers.
It should be specifically noted that the ancestor head, geneology and the community group are all quite distinct but on ordinary occasions the words are used as synonyms as well e.g Gnatakula
Kalpasutra of Shvetambara sect and the scriptures such as Sutra Kritanga have used the word Nayakula ie belonging to a known or illustrious family (Gnatakula) where the word 'Known' qualified the word "family' by joining the word "the son' with it he was called the son of a known or an illustrious family. The Sanskrit word for the Ardha-Magadhi word Nayaputra is Gnataputra
In the Digambara tradition Jayadhavalakara (Bha. I. VS. 23) has called Bhagavan Mahavira Nahakule, Toyapannati (chapter 4) has called him Nahoggavansheshu vira. Dashama Bhakti has called him by words, Ugranathau Parshvavirau and Uttarpurana by Gunabhadra introduces him as belonging to the Natha sect.
The Bauddha Tripitakas have addressed him as Nahaputto (Digha Nikaya) and Nataputto (Ma Ni.)The sum and substance of all this is Naya, Nayan Naha, Nata, Natym, Nata (l) Natta are all synonyms with a little linguistic variation.
-The Bauddha Tripitakas have mostly used the words Nigantha and Nganthaya putto.
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