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Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s7.938

Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v1.c5.s7.938

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Khuddagakumāra (Kṣullakakumāra) Son of Jasabhaddā and her husband Khamḍarīya(2) He was born after his mother had renounced the world and become a nun He also followed in the footsteps of his mother and became a disciple of Ajjasena(1) Once he abandoned monkhood but again took to asceticism inspired by a song sung by a colleague of a courtezan of Sāgeya.¹ 1 AvaCu II. pp. 191-2. NisCu. II p. 231 AvaN 1283