Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.461

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The five most important events of Pāsa's life occured when the moon was in conjunction with constellation Visahā (1) decending from heaven and entry into the mother's womb (2) birth (3) renuncation (4) omni science and (5) emancipation ³ As regards his name he was named Pasa in view of the fact the commentators say that before his birth his mother saw in the dark a black serpent crawling near (pasa-paśva) her bed ⁴ According to Sanskrt commentators Prabhavatī the daughter of Pasenajit was married to Pasa