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The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c6.20

The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c6.20

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c6.20

1. cakkavaṭṭi : Bharaha, Sagara, Meghavam, Saṇamkumāra, Santi⁴, Kunthu⁴, Ara⁴, Subhūma, Mahāpauma Hariseṇa, Jayaṇāma or -seṇa, Bambhadatta.—2. baladeva : Ayala, Vijaya, Bhadda, Suppabha, Sudamsaṇa, Aṇanda, Nandaṇa, Pauma (=Rāma Dāśarathi), Rāma (=Balarāma).—3. vāsudeva : Tiviṭṭha (-ṭṭhū), Duviṭṭha, Sayambhū, Purisuttama, Purisa-siha, Purisapuṇḍarīya, Datta, Nārāyaṇa, Kaṇha.—4. paḍisattu : Assaggiva, Tāraga, Meraga, Mahukedhava, Nisumbha, Bali, Pahāraga, Rāvaṇa, Jarāsaṃdha. By adding the spiritual series of the 24 titthagara to these temporal series 2 to 5 later authors come to count 63 men “of mark” (Śvet. : śalākā-puruṣa, Dig, : lakṣaṇa-p.) leaving the mentioned identities out of consideration. 27 out of these 63 are related to the Kṛṣṇa legend. This has been led back by JACOBI to the spreading of the teaching towards the west¹. But we have seen already that Kaṇha had been playing a part at all times, and also Ariṭṭhaṇemi, a brother-in-law of Kṛṣṇa, is included in the system since the time we know it.