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Like Dharini while intense desire of Devaki fulfilled then she began to nurture womb-child carefully. When nine months and seven and a half days of her pregnancy period passed, she gave birth to a beautiful son, whose birth ceremony should be known like Megha Kumāra. In the happiness of birth
1. Slave-women, who gave the information of baby-birth, were freed from
slavery and huge wealth was given to them as gift etc. 2. City was purified with fragrant water, prisoners were set free and weights
and measures were increased. 3. For ten days all the trades were announced tax-free. King lavishly gave
charity the poor and orphans. Celebration were held for ten days in the
kingdom. 4. On the twelfth day king got food etc., prepared in huge quantity and
celebrated the joyful ceremony eating with his friends, caste persons and state-servants. Then he honoured them by clothes and ornaments. Afterwards the parents spoke that our this child is tender and red like an elephant's palate, so its name should be Gaja Sukumāla. Thus saying they gave the name Gaja Sukumāla to their son.
-(according the wordings of Jñātā Sūtra)' सूत्र २२ :
तत्थ णं बारवईए णयरीए सोमिले नामं माहणे परिवसइ, अड्ढे, रिउव्वेय जाव सुपरिणिहिए यावि होत्था । तस्स सोमिलस्स माहणस्स सोमसिरी णामं माहणी होत्था, सुकुमाला । तस्स णं सोमिलस्स माहणस्स धूया सोमसिरीए माहणीए अत्तया सोमा णामं दारिया होत्था, सुकुमाला जाव सुरूवा । रूवेणं जाव लावण्णे उक्किट्ठा, उक्किट्ठ सरीरा यावि होत्था । तए णं सा सोमा दारिया अण्णया कयाइं बहाया जाव विभूसिया बहूहिं
खुज्जाहिं जाव परिक्खित्ता सयाओ गिहाओ पडिणिक्खमइ पडिणिक्खमित्ता जेणेव रायमग्गे तेणेव उवागच्छइ, उवागच्छित्ता रायमग्गंसि कणग-तिंदूसएणं कीलमाणी कीलमाणी चिट्ठइ ।
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