Part 14: Sumatinātha’s conception

Now, the jīva of Puruṣasiṃha, living in the palace Vaijayanta, completed his life of thirty-three sāgaras. On the second day of the bright half of Śrāvaṇa, the moon standing in conjunction with Maghā, he descended into the womb of Queen Maṅgalā. Then Queen Maṅgalā saw the fourteen dreams, the elephant, etc., which indicate the birth of a Tīrthaṅkara. Queen Maṅgalā carried the embryo, which had become the support of the three worlds, concealed, like the earth carrying a treasure.