ikSvAkuvaMza

[Rolf Heiner Koch]

Any suggestion about the following middle-aged Jaina-source, which describes the origin of the ikkhAgu-vaMsa?
Sakko (=Indra) maha-ppamANAo ikkhu-laTThIo gahAya uvagato jayAvei.
!!! bhagavatA laTThIsu diTThI pADitA. !!!
tAhe SakkeNa bhaNiyaM: kiM bhagavaM! ikkhu aku?  aku bhakkhaNe. 
Then the Bhagavan stretched out his dakSiNa hand,
atIva tammi hariso jAto bhagavantassa.
taeNaM Sakkassa ayam eyArUve ajjhatthite:
jamhA NaM titthagaro ikkhuM abhilasati tamhA ikkhAgu-vaMso bhavatu.
evaM Sako vaMsaM ThaveUNa gato.

There seems ikkhu + aku = ikSvAku-vaMza.  Probably aku means a + ku (not + bad)
´Someone of the listmembers remembers how many knots there are on one sugarcane? Always the same number 2 ? Or different?
Any suggestion?? Probably in connection with the twin-mythologem?
Mfg RHK
roheko at msn.com


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