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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
120 The Last Five Upangas [IV. Lect. 1.
155. Then that girl Bhîya ascended that very chariot meant for religious journeys and returned to the city of Riyagiha, and went to her own house, and having got down from the chariot she went to her parents, and having folded her hands she asked their permission exactly as in the case of Jamãlî in the Bhagavati Sîtra. Then Sudansaņa replied: “As you please, O you beloved of the gods! "
156. Then that householder Sudansaņa prepared abundant food (4) and invited his friends and kinsmen etc., and at the time of taking betel-leaves after dinner he, having made himself pure, consented to the renunciation of his daughter and called his familymen and spoke to them thus:“O you beloved of the gods soon prepare a palanquin carried by a thousand men for my daughter Bhûya (and so forth, down to ) report to me about the execution of my order. Then they did so and reported to him accordingly.
167. Then that householder Sudansana got his daughter Bhûya to ascend the palanquin carried by a thousand men after she had taken her bath and decorated her body. Then surrounded by her friends and kinsmen and so forth, down to ) noise, she went right
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