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through the midst of the city of Rayagiha to the temple Gunasilaa and saw there the Atis'ayas or the Rare Excellencies of a Tirthankara such as the divine Umbrella set with jewels etc., and caused the palanquin to be stopped and asked his daughter Bhûya to get down from the palanquin.
158. Then the parents took their daughter Bhûya in their front and went to Lord Pars'wa who is greatly renowned in the world, and having done so they saluted and bowed down to him three times and spoke thus: "Truly, O you beloved of the gods, Bhûya is our only dear daughter. She, O you beloved of the gods, has become aversed to worldly life (and so forth, down to) and wants to get herself bald-shaved in your presence and thus get herself initiated. Therefore, O you beloved of the gods, I offer to you this alms in the form of a female disciple. May you, O beloved of the gods, accept this alms of a female disciple. Then Lord Pars'wa "" answered: 'As you please, O you beloved of the gods!
159. Then that girl Bhuya, being thus spoken to by Lord Parswa and becoming greatly delighted, kept her face turned towards the north-easternly direction and put off
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