Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra

by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words

This page describes Personal description of Abhinandana which is the eighth part of chapter II of the English translation of the Abhinandana-caritra, contained within the “Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra”: a massive Jain narrative relgious text composed by Hemacandra in the 12th century. Abhinandana in jainism is one of the 63 illustrious beings or worthy persons.

Part 8: Personal description of Abhinandana

Abhinandana Svāmin came to youth which produces beauty of the body, like a garden-tree coming to spring. Three hundred and fifty bows tall, his arms hanging to his knees, he looked like a tree with Śrī’s swing, with two props of the swing attached. The Master was beautiful with cheeks and forehead surpassing the beauty of the half moon, with a face equalling the glory of the full moon. The Lord of the World was resplendent with a breast like a slab of Svarṇaśaila, large shoulders, lean waist, the legs of a deer, feet arched like a tortoise.

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