Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.452

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1 Pāsa (Pa sva) Twenty third Titthamkara of the current Osappiṇī in the Bharah (2) gon of Jambudvīpa In his previous birth he was Sudamsana (5) He was son of king Asasena and his queen Vāmā of the city of Vānara 3 His height was nine ayāma=atni He descended from the Pānaya celestial world in the womb of Vama on the fourth day of the dark half of the cait month when the moon was in conjunction with the Visāhā constellation His knowledge then was threefold After the lapse of nine months and seven and a half days on the tenth day of the dark half of the Pauṣa month when the moon was again in conjunction with the Viśākhā constellation Vama gave birth to a perfectly healthy boy7 who was named Pāsa 8 His complexion was blue 9 He lived thirty years as a householder Then entered the state of houselessness along with three hundred men He sed on that occasion the Visālā(3) pala quin Dhanna (3) was the first to offer alms to him For a period of eighty three days he meditated upon his self neglect of body etc 3 On the eighty fourth day he obtained omniscience His sacred tree was dhātaki Pāsa had under him eight groups of monks (gaṇa) eight Gaṇadhara (heads of groups) sixty thousand monks with preceptor Dinna(4) as their head thirty eight thousand nuns with Pupphacūlā(1) as their head one hundred and sixty four thousand lay votaries with Suvaya(6) at their head three hundred twenty seven thousand female lay votaries with at their head three hundred and fifty monks who knew the fourteen Puvvas etc