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CHAPTER TWO After hearing this sermon many people became mendicants. Dviprstha attained right-belief, and Längalin became a layman. The Lord completed his sermon at the end of the first division of the day, and Gañadhara Sūkşma preached in the second division. Then the Teacher of the World wandered elsewhere from the place, and Indra, Upendra, Bala, et cetera, went to their respective homes.
The congregation (353-358) Seventy-two thousand noble-minded ascetics and one hundred thousand nuns possessing a wealth of self-control, twelve hundred who knew the fourteen pūrvas, fifty-four hundred who had clairvoyant knowledge, sixty-one hundred with mind-reading knowledge, six thousand possessing pure omniscience, ten thousand who had the art of transformation, forty-seven hundred disputants, two hundred and fifteen thousand laymen, and four hundred and thirty-six thousand laywomen were the retinue of the Lord as he wandered for fifty-four lacs of years—less one monthfrom the time of his omniscience.
His mokṣa (359–363) Knowing that his emancipation was near, the Lord of the World went to Campā and commenced a fast with six hundred munis. At the end of a month, on the fourteenth day of the bright half of Aşādha, the moon being in Uttarabhādrapadā, the Lord attained emancipation with his disciples. The Lord passed eighteen lacs of years as prince and fifty-four lacs of years in the vow, so his total age was seventy-two lacs of years. Vāsupūjya's nirvāṇa took place fifty-four sāgaras after that of Lord Śreyānsa. The Indra and the gods performed the nirvāņa-festival of the Master and his disciples suitably.
Death of Dviprstha (364–367) The Vāsudeva Dviprstha, who had large undertakings and possessions, fearless as a lion, negligent like a god,
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