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Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.1006

Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.1006

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1. Viyatta (Vyakta) Fourth Gaṇadhara (principal disciple) of Mahāvīra. He was son of Brāhmaṇa Dhaṇamitta(4) belonging to the Kollāga(2) settlement. His mother was Vāruṇī(2). He became a disciple of Mahāvīra just like the other Gaṇadharas, along with his five hundred pupils. He had a doubt in his mind with regard to the existence of five physical elements. He obtained omniscience at the age of sixty-two years and attained liberation at the age of eighty.¹
1. AvaN. 644-659, 594, Vis. 2166-2247, Kalp. and KalpV. p. 247.

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