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ŚRI MAHAVIRA'S NIRVĀŅA
349 angas and will produce the book, Daśavaikālika, taking it from the Scripture. His disciple, Yaśobhadra, will know all the pūrvas; and his disciples, Sambhūta and Bhadrabāhu, will know all the pūrvas. Sthūlabhadra, Sambhūta's disciple, will know all the pūrvas. Then the last four pūrvas will be lost. After that there will be those who know ten pūrvas, beginning with Mahāgiri and Suhastin and ending with Vajra, directors of the congregation.”
Vira's emancipation (217–273) After explaining this, the Lord left the samavasaraṇa and went to the pure house of king Hastipāla. The Master, knowing that his emancipation would take place in the night of that day, thought: “ Alas! Gautama has a secure affection for me. It is an obstacle to the omniscience of him, noble-minded. It must be destroyed.” After deciding this, he said to Gautama: “In another village, a Brāhman, named Devaśarman, will attain enlightenment through you. For his sake go there, Gautama.” Muni Gautama said, “ Just as my Master commands,” and, having bowed, he went and executed the Lord's command. Then at the last moment of the night of the new moon of Kārtika, the constellation Svāti being in ascendancy, the Teacher of the World, having made a two-day fast, recited fifty-five lessons about the good results of merit and the same number about the bad results of sin. After making thirty-six unasked explanations264 the Teacher of the World originated the lesson named 'Princip: 1. '265
Knowing from the shaking of their thrones that it was the time of the Master's emancipation, all the Indras of the gods and asuras went there with their retinues. Sahasrākşa,
264 224. This is generally assumed to be the Uttarādhyayana, but that does not fit. Gautama takes part in the Uttar., but Gautama is away at this time.
265 224. KSK. p. 129, says this is the lecture on Marudevā. So far as I know, nothing more is known about it.
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