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KALPA SÚTRA.
sáma, in the night named Devananda, and surnamed Nirati, at the Lava named Archa, the Muhúrta called Prâna, the Stoka named Siddhi, the Karana called Nága, at the astrological period named Sarvártha-siddhi, in the constellation Sváti, at the time of its conjunction with the moon. At that time many gods and goddesses were seen in heavenly splendour, ascending and descending through the aërial regions, and manifesting themselves by the whispering sounds they uttered. On the night on which the adorable ascetic hero was delivered from all pain, Gotama Indrabhúti, the chief of his perfectly initiated disciples, had the bonds of affection by which he was tied to his preceptor cut asunder, and attained infinite, certain, and supreme intelligence and perception. On the same night the Navamallika and Navalechhiki, kings who reigned at Kási and Kosala, after performing the fast of the new moon, and sitting awhile motionless, said, “Since the light of intelligence is gone, let us make an illumination of material substances.” On the same night the planet Kshudra Bhasmaka*, destined to continue two thousand years, ascending the natal constellation
* Mag. Khuddae Ahasarasi. Sans. Krúrasvábhavabhasma rási. The test is the Gujarathi paraplırase, and probably refers to the appearance at the time of a comet, called here UE
