Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s8.161

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conceiving him 8 Cakkavattis never take birth in the families of lower status. They take birth in the ksatriya-kula 9 A Cakkavatti is always superior to a Vāsudeva(1) and inferior to a Ttthamkara 10 He is twice stornger than a Vasudeva 1 He bears 1008 lucky marks or signs 12 In worldly pleasures and prosperity none can compete him 3 In Jambuddiva there exist four Cakkavattis at the minimum and sometimes this number reaches to thirty at the maximum i e there are four permanent Cakkavattis in Mahāvideha whereas there are sometimes twenty eight in Mahāvideha and two in Bharaha(2) and Eravaya(1) 1 In ev ry Osappiṇī and Ussappiṇī twelve Cakkavattis are born in Eravaya(1) as well as in Bharaha(2) 1 Eleven of them appear in the Dūsamasūsamā era 6 and one in Susamadūsamā 7 A Cakkavatti is also known as Cakkahara 8 and Cakkī