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Viyahapannatti 1.0

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1.0.1

Homage to the arhats, homage to the liberated souls, homage to the ācāryas, homage to the upādhyāyas, homage to all monks.

1.0.2

Homage to the Brāhmī script.

1.0.3

In Rājagṛha: 1. Moving, 2. Suffering, 3. Doubt and Enmity, 4. Nature, 5. Earths,
6. As Many, 7. Inhabitant of Hell, 8. Fool, 9. Heavy, and 10. Moving.

1.0.4

Homage to the śruta.

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At that period, at that time, there was a city named Rājagṛha—[its] description [should be supplied].
Outside that city of Rājagṛha, in the north-eastern direction, there was a caitya named Guṇaśīla.
Śreṇika was the king, Cellanā the queen.

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At that period, at that time, the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra—the founder, the tīrthaṅkara, the self-enlightened, the supreme among men, the lion among men, the finest white lotus among men, the finest scent-elephant among men, the supreme in the world, the protector of the world, the lamp of the world, the illuminator of the world, the giver of fearlessness, the giver of sight, the giver of the path, the giver of refuge, the teacher of Dharma, the charioteer of Dharma, the universal monarch of the excellent fourfold Dharma, possessor of unobstructed and supreme knowledge and vision, free from concealment, a conqueror, one who knows, enlightened, an awakener, liberated, a liberator, omniscient, all-seeing, desiring to reach that state named the realm of liberation, auspicious, immovable, disease-free, endless, indestructible, and unhindered…
…up to: wandering in regular succession, journeying from village to village, dwelling in ease, arrived at the city of Rājagṛha, at the Guṇaśīla caitya; having arrived, he accepted a suitable lodging, and having accepted it, dwelt cultivating himself through self-restraint and austerity.

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The assembly went out [to him]. Dharma was taught. The assembly returned.

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At that period, at that time, the senior disciple of the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, the homeless ascetic named Indrabhūti, of the Gautama gotra, seven cubits in height, endowed with a symmetrical build, with vajra-ṛṣabha-nārāca bone-joint articulation, fair as rubbed gold on a touchstone or lotus pollen, of fierce austerity, fiery austerity, ardent austerity, great austerity, noble, formidable, of formidable virtues, practicing formidable austerities, observing formidable celibacy, heedless of the body, possessing concentrated and extensive te悍leśyā, knower of the fourteen Pūrvas, endowed with four kinds of knowledge, master of the combination of all sounds—staying not far from the śramaṇa, the Lord Mahāvīra, with knees raised and head bent, entered into the granary of meditation, dwelt cultivating himself through self-restraint and austerity.

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