Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.166

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Akampiya (Akampita) Eighth Gaṇahara (principal disciple) of Tiṭṭhayara Mahāvīra He was born in Mahilā¹ as the son of father Deva(1) and mother Jayamtī(10) He was a great scholar of his time Hearing the fame of Mahāvīra he met him at Majjhimāpāvā Omniscient Mahāvīra revealed to him that he had a doubt in his mind about the existence of hell and he removed the doubt Being highly impressed by it he became his disciple along with his three hundred pupils He lived 78 years ³ 48 years as a householder 9 years as a monk and 21 years as an omniscient He and Ayalabhaya, the ninth Gaṇahara had a common g a