Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s5.145

v2.c8.s5.145

1 Sambhava Third Titthaṃkara of the current descending cycle in the Bharaha(2) region.¹ Aggiseṇa was his contemporary tirthaṃkara in the Eravaya(1) region.² He was son of king Jitāri(2) and queen Seṇā(2) of Sāvatthi.³ His height was four hundred dhanuṣas.⁴ His complexion was of the hue of heated gold.⁵ At the age of fifty-nine lakh pūrva⁶ and four pūrvāṅga years⁷ he took to asceticism along with one thousand men.⁸ He used Siddhattha(2) palanquin on that occassion. He took his first pāraṇā at the house of Surindadatta(1).⁹ After the lapse of fourteen years he obtained omniscience.¹⁰ The sacred tree of sāla is associated with him.¹¹ He lived a full life of sixty lakh Pūrva years and attained liberation on mount Sammeya accompanied by one thousand monks.¹² He had under him a community of two lakh monks, with Cāru at their head and three lakh and thirty-six thousand nuns with Sāmā(2) at their head.¹³ The monks were divided into one hundred and two groups and each group was in charge of a group-head.¹⁴ The birth of Sambhava took place thirty lakh crore sāgaropama years after that of Titthayara Ajiya.¹⁵ Sambhava was Vimalavāhaṇa(5) in his previous birth.¹⁶