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town, puts up at a particular sanctuary. The king and townspeople come out to hear his religious discourse and go back. Then his pupil Jambu raises the question and the story is narrated. The descriptions of various persons and things are also stereotyped and are always mentioned in the text by [5 ], [ o ], aourant, FET 648 agl, or her qasig and are to be supplied verbetim from other or previous texts.
3.5. atuyoat garunang 14 Pūrvas constituted the pre-Mahavira Jain texts which are now lost to us; the present Jain canon as consisting the preachings of Mahavira was put in order by Devardhiganin in the 5th century A. D. 73914 ano possessing 4 kinds of knowledge. See Trans. P. 96 for fuller details of 4 Kinds of knowlege.
3. 10. सुत्तुस्सेहे com. सप्तहस्तोत्सेधः i. e. possessing the height of 7 hand-measures.
4. 16. queramzoroi etc. The principal Agama texts are 12 in number. The last one is lost. That is, we possess 11 Angas of which group avut is the 10th Anga and the 11th Anga is farea.
4. 11-12. contains a mnemonic verse enlisting the 10 persons after whom each chapter in the first book is named.
5. 5. 87975 = 871HF: a son; Eus i. e. dispropor. tionately built in all limbs. argou paralytic.
