]ini; (10) Varadatta and
Yakshadinna.
XXIII. Par['s]vanatha: (1) Pra[n.]atadevaloka; (2) Vara[n.]asi and
Sameta-['S]ikhara; (3) A['s]vasenaraja by Vamadevi; (4) blue--_nila_;
(5) a serpent--_sarpa_; (6) 9 hands; (7) 100 years; (8) the Dhataki
or Grislea tomentosa; (9) Par['s]vayaksha or Dhara[n.]endra and Padmavati;
(10) Aryadinna and Pushpachu[d.]a.
XXIV. ['S]ri-Mahavira, Vardhamana or Vira, the ['S]rama[n.]a:
(1) Pra[n.] atadevaloka; (2) Ku[n.][d.]agrama or Chitraku[t.]a, and
[R.]ijupaluka; (3) Siddhartharaja, ['S]reyan['s]a or Ya['s]asvin by
Tri['s]ala Vidchadinna or Priyakari[n.]i; (4) yellow; (5) a
lion--_ke['s]ari-simha_; (6) 7 hands or cubits; (7) 72 years; (8) the
_['s]ala_ or teak tree; (9) Mata[.m]ga and Siddhayika;
(10) Indrabhuti and Chandrabala.
The Tirthakuras may be regarded as the _dii majores_ of the Jainas,
[Footnote: For an account of the ritual of the Svetambara sect of Jainas,
see my account in the _Indian Antiquary_, vol. XIII, pp. 191-196.]
though, having become Siddhas, emancipated from all concern, they can have
no interest in mundane affairs. They and such beings as are supposed to
have reached perfection are divided into fifteen species:
1. Tirthakarasiddhas;
2. Atirthakarasiddhas;
3. Tirthasiddhas;
4. Svali[.n]gasiddas;
5. Anyali[.n]gasiddhas;
6. Strili[.n]gasiddhas;
7. Purushali[.
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