Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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compass of the Rucaka Mountains. When they had bowed to the Jina and the Jina's mother and had introduced themselves in the same way, they stood in the northeast, etc., directions, holding lights, singing.
Four Dikkumāris came from Rucakadvipa, Rūpā, Rūpānśikā, Surupā, and Rūpakāvati. They cut the Lord's navel-cord, leaving three inches, made a hole in the ground, and deposited it there. They filled the hole with diamonds and jewels quickly, and made a platform covered with durva-grass 1 over it. To the east, south and north of the Lord's birth-house, they created three houses of plantain 14 like houses of Sri. In each one of them, they created an extensive four-room apartment adorned with a lion-throne, resembling their own palaces. Setting the Jina on their folded hands, and supporting his mother on their arms, like expert servants they led her to the southern four-room apartment. After seating them on the lion-throne, they anointed them both with fragrant oil composed of a thousand ingredients, like expert shampooers. Quickly they massaged them both with divine unguent, the heavens being delighted by a stream of great fragrance. After conducting them to the eastern four-room apartment and seating them on the lion-throne, they bathed them with water pure as their own minds. They rubbed their bodies with fragrant reddish cloths, and quickly anointed them with gośirşa-sandal paste. They put on them garments of devadusva-cloth, and various ornaments resembling a flash of lightning. Then, having led them to the northern four-room apartment, they seated the Blessed One and the Blessed One's mother on the lion-throne. They had gośirṣa-sandal-fuel collected quickly by the Abhiyogika-gods from Mt. Kṣudrahimavat. Having
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303. Cf. KSK I. 97, p. 81.....pīṭham ādadhuḥ, baddhvā tad durvaya.....
144 304. Plantain is still used for temporary constructions in the temples and festivals.