[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970) › v2.c8.s5.1905 # Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s5.1905 Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s5.1905 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c8.s5.1905](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s5.1905) 1. Suhamma (Sudharman) Fifth principal disciple (Gaṇadhara) of Mahāvīra.¹ He belonged to Kollāga(2) settlement.² Dhammilla(1) was his father³ and Bhaddilā was his mother.⁴ He hailed from the Aggivesāyaṇa lineage.⁵ At the age of fifty he became a disciple of Titthayara Mahāvīra along with his five hundred pupils after holding a discussion with the Titthayara at Majjhimā-Pāvā in connection with the nature of reincarnation. These pupils formed a separate group under Suhamma.⁶ He lived with Mahāvīra for thirty years.⁷ Obtained omniscience at the age of ninety two and attained liberation at the age of hundred in Rāyagiha.⁹ He was the last of the gaṇadharas to survive, hence the paṭṭāvali, gaṇadharavaṃśa or sthavirāvalī starts from him.¹⁰ Jambū(1) was his successor.¹¹ Kuṇia had paid a visit to Suhamma at Campā.¹² - [Previous: v2.c8.s5.1904](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s5.1904) - [Next: v2.c8.s5.1906](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s5.1906) - [Up: v2.c8.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s5.1905](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s5.1905) · Pramāṇa