Dhanapāla's Ṛishabhapañcāśikā (a collection of 50 verses on the 1st of the 24 Seers)
Dhanapāla's Ṛishabhapañcāśikā (a collection of 50 verses on the 1st of the 24 Seers) transl. Joh. Klatt ZdMG 33 (1879)
Ṛishabhapañcāśikā [10 of 50]
10. The subjects for whom you, O Lord, have become the one who has taught them the sciences and the arts and communicated to them the occupations of all people, are satisfied.[1]
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[1]Śatr.-ullekha p. 56 b: Pūrvaṃ yugala-dharme sati na meghā na vahnir na kṛishy-ādikam, na śilpaṃ nānye ‘pi loka-vyavahārāś casan. Bhagavad (di Rishabha) - rājyānantaraṃ tu kāle meghā vṛishṭiṃ cakruḥ; pṛithvī sasya-saṃpadam avardhayat, vahnis approx. prādur abhūt. Tato Bhagavatā kṛishikarāḥ sevakaraḥ kumbha kārāḥ vāṇijyakarāḥ niyoginaḥ kshatriyaḥ sūtradhārāḥ svarṇakārāś citrakārā maṇikārāḥ tantuvāyāḥ ity ādayo ‘pare ‘pi silpino lokahitecchayā nirmitāḥ.
This is followed by a list of the sciences that Ṛishabha invented and taught to his sons and daughters.
