Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.41

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2. Maṇḍiya Sixth Gaṇadhara of Titthayara Mahāvīra.¹ He was son of Vijayadevā and Dhaṇadeva(3) belonging to the Vāsiṭṭha gotra (family-line). He hailed from the settlement of Moriyā(3).² His younger brother was Moriyaputta(1).³ He became disciple of Mahāvīra along with his 350 disciples after having a discussion with him at Pava-majjhimā.⁴ At that time he was fifty-three. He obtained omniscience after fourteen years and attained liberation at the age of eighty-three⁵ when Mahāvīra was still alive. He had discussed some philosophical problems with Mahāvīra.⁷ See also Maṇḍiyaputta.
1. AvaN. 595, Kalp. p. 247, Nan. v. 21, Vis. 2031.
2. AvaN. 645-650.
3. AvaN. 645.
4. AvaN. 593, 916-622, KalpV. p. 247, Tis. 2281, 2292, 2309, 2324, 2456.
5. AvaN. 651-655, Sam. 30, 83.
6. AvaN. 659, AvaCu. I. pp. 337-339.
7. Bha. 150-154.