Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s18.93
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v1.c5.s18.93
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5 Dhanna Son of Bhaddā(6) a lady merchant (caravan-leader) of Kāgaṇḍī He had married thirty two girls He renounced the world and became a d sciple of Mahāvīra Immediately after renunciation he started observing two days fasts taking coarse and dry food on every third day Thus he practised asceticism for nine months Mahavira praised him before king Seniya(1) for his severe penances After death he took birth as a god in the Savvaṭṭhasiddha heavenly abode In future he will take one more birth and attain liberation in the Mahāvideha region ¹