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Source: Singhi Jain Series: Ratnaprabha-suri’s Kuvalayamala-katha (history)Boats or Ships were commonly employed for Sea-voyages in ancient India (known in Prakrit as: jattā, or Sanskrit: yātrā), and was vividly depicted in the Kathās (narrative poems) such as Uddyotanasūri in his 8th-century Kuvalayamālā (a Prakrit Campū, similar to Kāvya poetry).—Details of preparation for sea-voyage are given which include the following items relating to preparatory ritual and the equipment of the ship: [e.g., arrangement of boats or ships;] [...]. When the boat was to take off auspicious musical instruments were sounded, conch-shells were blown, auspicious songs were sung, Brahmins muttered the āsīsā; and thus in the sound of invocation and jaya jaya the boat took off its voyage, the sails were unfurled, the ropes and riggings were pulled up, the oars began to be operated, the helmsman took observations, the boat fell into its course, favourable winds began to blow: thus the boat started its journey being tossed on the high sea waves.
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The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
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The Understanding Mind < [March 1937]
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 8.409 < [Section XLVIII - Laws relating to Civic Misdemeanours]
Verse 2.204 < [Section XXX - Rules to be observed by the Religious Student]
Verse 7.45 < [Section IV - Duties of the King]
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Heimskringla (by Snorri Sturlson)
Part 6 - The Murder Of Beintein < [Chapter XIV - Saga Of Sigurd, Inge, And Eystein, The Sons Of Harald]
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Commentary on the Biography of the thera Khadiravaniya < [Chapter 1 - Buddhavagga (Buddha section)]
Discourse on Sumedha, the Future Gotama Buddha < [Part 1 - Remote preface (dūre-nidāna)]
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