Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.669

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1 Pupphadamta (Puspadanta) Ninth Tirthankara of the current descending cycle ¹ He was Jugabahu(3) in his previous birth ² He is also known as Savihi(1) ³ His father king Suggiva(2) and his mother queen Rama(3) belonged to the city of Kagamdi ⁴ His height was one hundred dhanuṣas ⁵ His colour was bright like moon ⁶ He took to asceticism accompanied by one thousand men Arunappabha was his sacred palanquin ⁷ He broke his first fast at the residence of Pussa(2) in the town of Seyapura.⁸ He obtained omniscience in a park outside the city of Kagamdi ⁹ His sacred tree was māli or malli ¹⁰ Varāha(1) was his first male disciple ¹¹ Vāruṇī(1) was his first woman-disciple ¹² He had under him 86 groups of monks the same number of group-leaders,¹³ 2 00 000 monks and 3 00 000 nuns ¹⁴ He attained liberation at the end of his life of two lakh pūrva years ¹⁵