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HERESY OF JAMĀLI, DEATH OF GOŚĀLA 209 stopped there in a garden named Pūrņabhadra, an ornament on the face of the earth. Kāmadeva approached on foot the Blessed One and listened to the Master's sermon that was nectar to the ear. Then Kāmadeva, pure in mind, took the twelvefold layman's vows in the presence of gods, men, asuras, and the guru. He renounced women except Bhadrā; herds except the six herds; money except the six crores each on deposit, out at interest, and in business. He took restrictions on remaining objects, like Ananda. Then he went to his own house, after paying homage to the Lord. When he told that he had taken the lay-vows, his wife Bhadrā also went and took the lay-vows before the Master.
Story of Culanipit; ( 276-296)
Now, there was an excellent city on the Gangā, Kāśi, beautiful with various buildings, like the beauty of a tilaka of the earth. Jitaśatrụ was its eminent king with unbroken power like Sutrāman in Amarāvati. In this city, there was a very rich householder, Culanīpits, who for some reason had reached a human status like Kubera (Manuşyadharman ). Of him delighting the world, there was a suitable wife endowed with beauty, Syāma, like night (śyāma ) of the moon. He had eight crores on deposit, eight out at interest and eight engaged in business—so he had twenty-four crores of gold. He had eight herds of ten thousand head of cattle each-familyabodes of Wealth.
One day, the Blessed One, the last Jina, as he wandered, stopped in a garden, Koşthaka, in this city. Then gods and asuras with their Indras came there to pay homage to the Blessed One, and King Jitaśatru also. Culanīpits, his heart delighted, wearing his usual ornaments, went on foot to pay homage to Śrī Vira, the Lord of Three Worlds. Then, after bowing to the Blessed One, Culanīpits sat down, his hands extended in the añjali, and listened with extreme devotion to a sermon. 27 M
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