Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.739

v2.c8.s2.739

Mahāvīra had under him an excellent community of 14000 monks with Imdabhūi at their head, 36000 nuns with Camdaṇā at their head, 159000 lay-votries with Saṃkha(9) and Sayaga at their head, 318000 female lay-votaries with Sulasā(2) and Revai(1) at their head, 300 sages who knew the fourteen Puvva texts, 1300 sages who possessed avadhi-jñāna i.e. limited direct knowledge, 700 omniscients, 700 sages who were possessed of the super-normal power of transformation (vaikriyalabdhi), 500 sages who possessed manaḥparyāyajñāna, i. e. knowledge of others' mental conditions, 400 professors (vādins), 700 disciples and 1400 woman disciples who attained liberation and 800 sages who reached the Aṇuttara heavenly abode.⁹⁸