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vaRD'HAVA, his sistPF (mother of Jama'li) Sudar- 

 SANA. His wife was Yas6da', bv whom he had a 

 d?!ug"hter, (who became wife of Ja ma'ii,) named 

 Ax 6j ja and Prj i adars'ana'. His grand-daughter 

 was called 'Se'shavaii and Jasovati. 



His father and mother died when he w^as 28 years 

 of age: and he afterwards continued two years with 

 bis. el ler brother : after the second year he renounced 

 woiMily pursuits, and dej)aited amidst the applauses 

 of gods and men, to practise austerities. The pro- 

 gress of i.is devout exercises, and of his attainment 

 of divine knowledge, is related at great length. 

 Finidiy, he became an Aivhat, or Jina, being 

 wortliy of universal adoration, and having subdued 

 all passions*; being likewise omniscient and all- 

 seeing: and thus, at the age of 73 years, he became 

 exempt ficm all pain for ever. This event is stated 

 to have happened at the court of king Hastipa'la, 

 in the city of Phvapuri, or Papcipuri'\ ; and is dated 

 3 years and 8|- montlis before the close of the fourth 

 age, (called Duchamd suchama) in the great period 

 named avasarpini. The author of the Calpasutra 

 n-entiuns, in several places, that, when he wrote, 

 980 yearb had elapsed since this apotheosis J. Ac- 

 cording to tradition, the death of the last Jina hap- 

 pened more than two thousand four hundred years 



* So the coinmentalor expounds both terms. 



t Near Rdjagriha, ia BiMr. It is accordingly a place of sanstity. 

 Other holy 5 -laces, whicii have been mentioned to me, are Champa- 

 jpuri. near Bhdgafpur, Chandrdvati distant ten miles tVoui Benares. 

 and the ancient c\^^f Hastindpura, in Hindustan: also Satrunjayu, 

 said to be situated m the west of India. 



X Sananassa Bliagavau Maha'bi'RASSA Jkva duhkha Hinassu 

 Navbb^a Sayain Bicwantain dasamassaya Basa sayassa ayani Asi ime 

 samlach'hare Caie gach'hai. Nine hundred years have passed since 

 the adorable Maha'bi'ra became exempt frouj pain ; and, of the 

 tenth century of years, eighty are the time which is now elapsed. 



