Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s7.172

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Katapuṇṇa (Kṛtapunya) Son of merchant Dhaṇāvaha(3) of Rāyagiha He lived with a courtezan for twelve years and lost all his property Afterwards he was adopted by an old woman as her son This lady had four daug hters in law being the wives of her real son who was killed in a ship-wreck. She asked Katapunna to accept them as his wives. He agreed with her and spent a period of twelve years there. Later on king Seniya(1) also gave his daughter in marriage to him. At last he renounced the world and became a disciple of Titthayara Mahāvīra. In his previous birth Katapunna was a son of a poor herdsman and had given alms to an ascetic with intense devotion¹.