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ral terms have been explained. About the nandyāvarta type of house, we are told that “It is a house which has verandahs starting from the walls of the halls and going to their respective extremities from left to right, it should have only three doors, leaving off the western one.”l Then comes the definition of the vardhamāna” (53.33) the svastika? (53. 34) and the rucaka? (53.35) types of mansions, of which the nandyāvarta and the Vardhamana are considered to be the best, the syastika and the rucaka the moderate and the sarvatobhadra5 as beneficial for kings, ministers and other officials. | नन्द्यावर्तमलिन्दै: शाला कुड्यात् प्रदक्षिणान्तर्गतैः । द्वारं पश्चिममस्मिन् विहाय शेषाणि कार्याणि ।। (५३.३२)
The nandyāvarta, the vardhamāna and the svastika are incorporated among 8 lucky signs (astamargala). They are : svastika, śrivatsa, nandyåvarta, vardhamāna, bhadrâsana, kalasa, darpana and matsyayugma (Nāyā. 1.32, Rāyapasenijja (47), Jivă (142), Ovãiya (32). The 8 auspicious marks are carved in the Mathura art. Svastika, vardhamāna and nandyavarta are referred to in the Mahābhārata. The Tiloyapannatti adhikāraṇa (4) of Yativịşabha has recorded the following 8 mangalas : bhrrigåra, kalasa, darpana, vyajana, dhvajā, chatra, cämara and supratiştha. Compare the following list provided in Brāhmaṇic
tradition : (a) TTT GOT ATT: 4407 27377 TTTI
वैजयन्ती तथा भेरी दीप इत्यष्टमङगलम् ॥ (b) लोकेऽस्मिन्मङ्गलान्यष्टौ ब्राह्मणो गौ? ताशनः ।
हिरण्यं सर्पिरादित्य आपो राजा तथाष्टकम् ॥ In the Mathura inscriptions, Ara, the 18th Tirthankara, is known as Nāndyavarta (arahato Nāndiāvatasa pratimā, W. Schubring, The Doctrine of the Jaina, 49). In the Anguttaranikaya-Asphakathā (I, 265), it is a spacious large fish. In the Mahabharata, it is a kind of diagram.
In the Jivă, it is a mansion. 2. It is a kind of house having no entrance on the south-side in the
Brhat. Abhayadeva in his commentary on the Ovātya (31) has explained the term as follows: an earthenware vessel (TTTT) or a man being carried on one's shoulder (Ffratre fort 959) or the five svastikas (Fe -17) or a particular mansion ( G ). 3. A mansion or a temple of a particular form in the BỊhat. It is also
a kind of mystical cross or mark made on persons or things to denote
good luck. 4. A building or temple having terraces on three sides and closed only
on the north-side in the Brhat. 5. A building having continuous galleries around in the Brhat.
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