Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.146
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.146
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Maṇaga (Manaka) Son of Brāhmaṇa Sejjambhava of Rāyagiha. He was born after his father had renounced the world and become a disciple of preceptor Pabhava. At the age of eight Maṇaga, too, took to asceticism. Sejjambhava composed a canonical text named Dasaveyāliya for the welfare of Maṇaga who was to live only for a short period of six months¹ more.