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$$ 7-8. ] Nirayávaliyão. Virakanha should be known. Also (8) Råmakanha and the ninth (9) Senakanha And the tenth (10) Mahasenakanha.
7 Then Jambíi asked : If, ( Venerable Sir, the Ascetic, Lord Mahavira, (and so forth, down to ) who has obtained emancipation, has expounded ten chapters of the first section of the Upångas called Nirayá valiyao, what, then, 0, Venerable Sir, has the Ascetic, Lord Mahavira, (and so forth, down to ) who has obtained emancipation, expounded as the purport of the first chapter of the Nirayāvaliyão ? Then Suhamma replied : “ O Jambu it is as follows:-"
(8) At that time and at that period in this very continent of Jambûddiva in the country of Bhitraha, there was a city named champã, which was prosperous, well-protected and happy. In it there wis a temple named Punnabhadda. In that city of Champi there was a king named Kûniya, the son of king Seniya (Sk. Shreņika) born of his chief queen Chellanã, who was as powerful as the mountain Mahaya (and so forth ). That king Kîniya had a queen named Paumával who was delicate (and so forth ). In that city of Champa there was a queen named Kili, wife of king Seriya and the junior step-mother of king
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