THE JAINS. 311 



According to this authority, the last Tirfhancaray 

 *(uitting the state of a deity, and rehnquishing the 

 longevity of a god, to obtain immortality as a saint, 

 was incarnate towards the close of the fourth age, 

 (now past,) when 75 years and 8^ months of it re- 

 mained. He was at first conceived by Dp:Va'nanda, 

 wife of RisHABHADATTA, a Brahmana mhabiting 

 Brahmanacundagrdma, a city of Bhdratavarsha, in 

 Jambudw'ipa. The conception was announced to her 

 by dreams. Ini>ra *, or 'Sacra, who is the pre- 

 siding deity on the south oi Mhni^ and abides in the 

 first range of celestial regions, called Saud' harma, 

 being apprized of Maha'vira's incarnation, prostrated 

 himself, and worshipped the future saint; but re- 

 flecting that no great personage was ever born in an 

 indigent and mendicant family, as that of a Brdh- 

 mmia^ Indra commanded his chief attendant Hari- 

 NAiGUMESHf, to rcmovc the fetus from the womb of 

 De'va'nanda' to that of Trisala, wife of Sidd'- 

 ha'rt'ha, a prince of the race of Icshwa'cu, and 

 of the Cdsyapa family. This was accordingly ex- 

 €cuted; and the new conception was announced to 

 Trisala' by dreams ; which were expounded by 

 soothsayers, as foreboding the birth of a future JiJia. 

 In due time, he was born ; and his birth celebrated 

 with great rejoicings. 



His father gave him the name of Vard'hama'na. 

 But lie is also known by two other names ; Sr a m a n a 

 and Maha'vIra. His father has similarly ihree ap- 

 pellations, SiDo'HA'HT'HA, SreyaVsa, and Yas'aswI ; 

 and his mother likewise has three titles, Trisala, 

 Vide'hadinna', and PrItica'rin'i. His paternal 

 uncle was Supa'rs'wa, his elder brother, Nandi- 



* The Jainas admit numerous Indras ; but some of the attri- 

 butes, stated in this place by the Calpasktrq, belong to the Indra' 

 lof the Indian mythology. 



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