Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study

SR No.: 022804
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nagaraj Muni
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers
Publication Year: 1986
Total Pages: 804
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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'Where have you fled leaving us without support in our old age?"
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Between Mahavira's two legs, he lit a fire and set a pot on it to cook food. But Mahavira stood firm, and! the red flame added to his own brilliance.
15. He hanged birds' cages on Mahāvira's body. The
birds gave him bites with their beaks and claws.
He raised a severe cyclone which uprooted many trees and swept away innumerable thatches. The terrific roar of the wind created a severe panic everywhere. In that terrific cyclone, Mahāvira himself was raised up several times and dropped down.
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He created a whirlwind in which Mahāvira was entangled severai times.
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He hurled a death-trap in consequence of which Mahāvira sank into the ground upto his knees.
When he saw that Mahavira was not perturbed by all these hardships, the god felt somewhat a shamed. But he did not stop. Now he tried several favourable means to break his meditation
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Flying in an air-chariot, he came to Mahāvira and said, "Speak out what you want, heaven or liberation (moks a), I shall fulfil your wishes."
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At last, he brought a nymph and placed her before Mahavira. By her lusty Overtures, she sought to disturb his meditation, but she could do nothing(3).
Mahāvira. By her lusty overtures, she soug
By this time, the night was over. In the morning, Mahavira's meditation was over, So he departed on the way to Våluka...
An unsuccessful person does not give up his wicked thoughts so soon. He is bent on achieving success by hook or by crook. Although the god was completely perplexed to find Mahāvira unshaken like Mount Meru, still he did not give up his evil designs. On the way to Vālüka, he created a habitation of 500 thieves. But Mahāvāra remained un