Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.744

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palanquin is associated with his renunciation ceremony.⁵ He took to asceticism along with six hundred men,⁶ broke his fast at the house of Suṇamda(2) of Mahāpura⁷ and obtained omniscience in the Vihārageha park of Campā.⁸ Pātala is his sacred tree.⁹ He had an excellent community of 72,000 monks with Suhammā(2) at their head and 1,03,000 nuns with Dharaṇi(1) at their head.¹⁰ According to Samavāya he had under him 62 groups of monks each being in charge of a Gaṇahara (group-leader)¹¹ whereas according to Āvassaya-ṇijjutti 66 groups and the same number of group-leaders under him.¹² He attained liberation at his birth-place at the age of 72,00,000 years, 18 lakh years as a prince along with 600 ascetics.¹³ In his previous birth he was Imdadatta(5).¹⁴