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Pauma-Cariya of Vimala Sūri
Indravajra Upendravajra Upajati
Dodhaka Indravamsa Upajātil 14 Vamśasthavila Rucira
: 14, 21, 36, 64, 80, 83, 85, 91. : 49,60 62, 63, 113. : 4. 9, 27, 32 34, 40, 41, 43, 57, 69,
71, 81, 86, 89, 90, 104. : 17, 22, 35, 46, 58, 87, 94. :50. : 31. : 105. : 3, 5, 10, 12, 13, 1925, 37, 39. 42, : 44, 47, 55. 61, 66, 67, 68, 74, 77,
88, 92, 93, 99, 100, 101, 106, 118.115 : 2, 6, 15, 18, 23, 24, 26, 38, 53, 59,
95,116 109. i 29, 45, 54, 56. : 1, 11, 20, 30, 75, 97. : 7, 33, 73, 82, 107.
Malini
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Mandākrāntā Sardūlavikridita Sragdhara
14. GLIMPSES OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE AS
REFLECTED IN PAUMACARIYA
Apart from its moralising and didactic character Vimalasuri's work is highly interesting to an antiquarian as it gives a picture of contemporary Indian society in general and Jain society in particular. The Paumacariya contains a prophetic account 17 as follows:
"Here in India after the time of the Nanda Kings the Law of the Jinas will become scarce. The number of heretics will swell, the kings will behave like tbieves; people will slander the 'Sálhus'; bad practices will be the order of the day; people will indulge in Himsā, falsehood and thefts; the ignorant people will bestow gifts on the ignorant, ceasuring the 'Sādhus'. ...".
Jacobi interprets this tradition thus : “Perhaps this refers more specially to Magadha and the adjoining countries, where under the reign of the Mauryas,
114 The first half of the verse is in Indravainsa and the second half, in Varsasthavila. 115 The concluding verse of the Canto is really 101 and it is in the Vasantatilaka. The rest
of the verses (102 to 119) forin the colophon. They are in the Arya. 116 The fourth quarter of the verse is metrically defective as it contains 16 syllables. 117 Canto LXXXIX.42-49,
