Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.955

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1. Vimala Thirteenth Titthaṃkara of the current descending cycle.¹ In his previous birth he was Sumdara.² He was son of king Kayavamma and his queen Sāmā(3)³ of Kampillapura.⁴ His height was sixty dhanuṣas.⁵ He was of the complexion of heated gold.⁶ He took to asceticism along with one thousand men.⁷ He used Suppabhā(4) palanquin on that occasion.⁸ He broke his fast at the house of Jaya(2) in Dhaṇṇakaḍa⁹ and obtained omniscience in the Sahassamba park outside Kampillapura.¹⁰ His sacred tree was jambū.¹¹ He had under him 68,000 monks with Maṃdara(1) at their head, and 1,000,108 nuns with Dharaṇidharā at their head.¹² According to Samavāya he had 56 principal disciples each being in charge of a particular group of monks¹³, whereas acccording to Āvassaya-ṇijjutti, the number is 57.¹⁴ He attained liberation on mount Sammeya along with 6000 ascetics at the age of 60,00,000 years¹⁵ (15 lakh as a prince and 30 lakh as a king). His contemporary tirthankara in Eravaya(1) Sīhaseṇa(4).¹⁶