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Mt. Sammeta knowing that it was time for his nirvāņa. Together with a thousand munis the Lord continued a fast for a month, attended by the gods with their Indras and by kings. Engaged in śaileśī-meditation, destroying karma prolonging existence, 40' possessing the four infinities of siddhas, the Blessed Abhinandana and the thousand munis went to the place from which there is no return on the eighth day of the white half of Vaišākha, the moon being in conjunction with Puşpa. Passing twelve and a half lacs of pūrvas as prince, thirty-six and a half lacs of pūrvas plus eight angas as king, a lac of pūrvas less eight angas in mendicancy, the Lord lived for fifty lacs of pūrvas. Abhinandana's nirvāṇa was ten lacs of crores of sågaras after the nirvāṇa of Sambhava Svåmin. Sakra performed the funeral rites of the Master and the munis also. The gods and asuras took the molars, teeth, and bones for worship. After they had gone to Nandīśvara and held an eight-day festival to the eternal images of the Arhats, the Indras and the gods went to their respective worlds, and the kings to their respective palaces.
909 169. Upagrāhikarma, i.e., Āyus, Nāma, Gotra, and Vedaniya. See PE, uvaggaha.
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