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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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The Last Five Upangas
[I Lect. 1.
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her and in her direction, and tended to cut the flesh of the folds of the belly of king Seniya into bigger and smaller pieces, and having done so he got them to be put on a plate. Then that king Seniya feigned to faint, and having done so after a while he began to talk with persons. Then that prince Abhaya took the (so called) pieces of flesh of the folds of the belly of king Seniya, and having done so he went to queen Chellana, and having done so he presented them to her. Then that queen Chellana satisfied her pregnancy desire by eating those (so called) pieces of the flesh of the folds of the belly of king Seniya having fried and roasted them. Then that queen Chellana, whose pregnancy-desire was thus satisfied, honoured and fulfilled, (lit. removed) her foetus happily.
30. Then at a certain time when it was mid-night a thought of the following description occurred to queen Chellaṇa : "As this boy has devoured the pieces of the flesh of the folds of the belly of his father even while he was in the womb, it is better rather to eject, to throw away, to drop or to destroy it." She thought so, and having done so she desired to eject, throw away, drop or destroy
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