[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970) › v2.c8.s2.712 # Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.712 Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.712 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c8.s2.712](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s2.712) While at Rāyagiha twenty-three sons and thirteen queens of king Seṇia(9) as well as many other persons took initiation from Mahāvīra.⁸⁰ At Kosambī eleven queens of king Pajjoya were initiated by Mahāvīra. They were admitted to the Order of nuns.⁸¹ While in Polāsapura he converted potter Saddālaputta, a distinguished follower of the Ājiviya sect, to his own faith.⁸² In Rāyagiha he had also admitted some ascetics of the Caturvāma creed of the line of Pāsa(1), the twenty-third Titthaṃkara, to his community of monks of the Pañcayāma creed.⁸³ Mahāvīra had great reverence for Pāsa(1). There was no fundamental difference in their teachings as revealed by the discussion between Kesi(1) and Goyama(1)⁸⁴ At Kayaṃgalā Mahāvīra initiated Khamdaa(2), a Brāhmaṇa well-versed in Vedic literature.⁸⁵ Thus, persons of all classes, communities and creeds embraced Mahāvīra's four-fold Order. - [Previous: v2.c8.s2.711](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s2.711) - [Next: v2.c8.s2.713](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s2.713) - [Up: v2.c8.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s2.712](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s2.712) · Pramāṇa