The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c7.s2.45

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12. *Vaṇhidasāo*. Not "ten" *ajjhayaṇa*, but 12. 1. Prince Nisaḍha, son of King Baladeva and his wife Revaī of Bāravai, was converted by laymanship by Ariṭṭhaṇemi. When being asked by Varadatta, one of A.'s disciples for the reason of N.'s bodily perfection, Ariṭṭhaṇemi gives an account of N.'s pre-existence as Prince Vīraṅgaya who was converted by a master called *Siddhantā nāmaṃ āyariyā*. N. later becomes a member of the order; after his death he will be reborn as a god, and, finally, he will gain salvation. 2-12 are of the same tenor, but the princes are called differently. They all belong to the same dynasty of the (Andhaka-) Vṛṣṇi (comp. Nandī 418f.), whence the title of the text.