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BOOK II, LECTURE 15.
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
THIRD PART.
FIFTEENTH LECTURE,
CALLED
THE CLAUSES 1.
In that period, in that age lived the Venerable Ascetic Mahâvîra, the five (most important moments of whose life happened) when the moon was in conjunction with the asterism Uttaraphalgunî 2; to wit: In Uttaraphalgunî he descended (from heaven), and having descended (thence), he entered the womb (of Devânandâ); in Uttaraphalguni he was removed from the womb (of Devânandâ) to the womb (of Trisalâ); in Uttaraphalguni he was born; in Uttaraphalguni tearing out his hair, he left the house, and entered the state of houselessness; in Uttaraphalguni he obtained the highest knowledge and intuition, called Kevala, which is infinite, supreme, unobstructed, unimpeded, complete, and perfect. But in Svâti the Venerable One obtained final liberation3. (1)
When in this A vasarpini era, the Sushama-sushamâ period, the Sushamâ period, the Sushamaduhshamâ period, and much time of the Duhshamasushamâ period had elapsed, seventy-five years nine and a half
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* Bhâvazâ. The bhâvanâs are subdivisions of the five great
VOWS.
2 Hatthottarâ in the original.
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3
Kalpa Sutra, § I.
