Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s3.392
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s3.392
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1. Ruppiṇī (Rukmiṇī) Chief among the sixteen thousand wives of Vāsudeva(2) Kaṇha(1).¹ She was daughter of king Bhesaga and sister of prince Ruppi(1) of Koḍiṇṇa(6) city.² Prince Pajjuṇṇa(1) was her son.³ Kaṇha could get her as his wife after a fierce fight.⁴ She took initiation from Titthayara Ariṭṭhanemi and attained emancipation after observing asceticism for a period of twenty years.⁵