Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.242
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.242
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Marīi (Marīci) Son of Cakkavaṭṭi Bharaha(1) and his wife Vammā(2), grandson of Titthayara Usaha(1) and a previous life of Titthayara Mahāvīra.¹ Since his body threw ray-like light, he was named Marīi-Marīci.² He took initiation from Titthayara Usabha, studied eleven Aṃga(3) texts, but could not strictly follow the right path and lived like a heretic.³ Titthayara Usabha had predicted that in future Marīi would take birth as Vāsudeva(1) Tiviṭṭha(1), Cakkavaṭṭi Piyamitta(1) and lastly as Titthayara Mahāvīra.⁴ He initiated a prince named Kavila(3) who was his only disciple.⁵ After death he was born as a god in the Bambha celestial region. Thereafter, he took birth as Brāhmaṇa Kesiya(1) in the Kollāga(2) settlement and so on.⁶