Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.387

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Anamta (Ananta) Fourteenth Titthamkara of the current descending cycle² also known as Anamtai³ Sihasena(5) the king of Aojjhā(2) was his father Sujasā(1) was his mother ⁴ His height was fifty dhanusas ⁴ His colour was of heated gold He renounced the world along with one thousand men He used Pamcavaṇṇā palanquin on this occasion Vijaya(10) of Vaddhamāṇa(2) city offered the first alms to him He had fifty-four groups of monks under him each having one group leader Thus he had fifty-four Gaṇadharas who were leaders of their respective groups ⁷ In all there were 66 thousand monks and 1 lakh 8 hundred nuns under them ⁸ Jasa(1) was his first principal disciple ⁹ and Paumā(2) chief woman-disciple ⁰ Asvattha was his sacred tree ¹ He lived for 30 lakh years seven and a half lakh as a prince and fifteen lakh as a king ² Anamta was Māhimdara in his previous birth ³