Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.1186

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Meha ( Megha ) Son of king Seṇiya(1) and queen Dhāriṇī(1) of Rāyagiha. Since his mother had a pregnancy longing for clouds (megha-meha) he was named Meha. He got eight princesses in marriage. Once when Mahāvīra paid a visit to Rāyagiha, he renounced the world and became his disciple. As his bed was spread at the corner near the door owing to frequent movements of other monks, he could not sleep during the whole night. This caused annoyance to him. He thought to re-enter the world and saw the Titthayara next morning in this connection. Mahāvīra told him how he tolerated troubles with patience and compassion in his previous birth as an elephant and got human life on that account. Meha realised the truth and stuck to asceticism. After death he took birth as a god in the Vijaya(21) heavenly abode, an Aṇuttaravimāṇa. In future he will attain liberatin in the Mahāvideha region.¹ 2. Meha Fourteenth chapter of the sixth section of Amtagadaḍasā.¹