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sixty-five thousand years of his life, he went to the sixth hell because of his harsh karma. Puņdarīka spent two hundred and fifty years as prince, the same number as king, sixty in the expedition of conquest, sixty-four thousand, four hundred and forty as ardhacakrin.
Ananda, whose life-term was eighty-five thousand years, alone, joyless without his brother, passed the time with difficulty. He took initiation from Sumitra because of strong disgust with existence from separation from his brother. Seeking spiritual knowledge, he attained omniscience and arrived at the eternal abode, the abode of joy.
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