Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s7.978

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3 Gamgadatta Anant of Rygīha He renounced the world became disciple of Mahagiri and distinct from sixteen years and attained liberation in the vipul 1 A 1 4 Gamgadatta Previous birth of the ninth Vāsudeva(1) viz Kanha(1) He was a son of a merchant of Hatthināpura His mother did not love him at all Therefore he renounced the world and become a monk His preceptor was Dumasena(3) He made a resolve (nida a) at Hatthināpura and its cause was his mother After death he was born as a god Thereafter he took birth as Kanha¹ He seems to be the same as Gamgadatta(2)