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CHAPTER IV
SUBHUMACAKRAVARTĪCARITRA
The life of the eighth Cakrin, Subhūma, in the congregation of Tirthakṛt Ara will be related in its turn.
Previous births (3-5)
There was a king, named Bhupala, who observed the vows of a kṣatriya, in the city Viśāla in this same Bharata. kṣetra. One day he was defeated in a battle by many enemies who had united. For a crowd is very strong. Defeated by his enemies, his face blackened by the disgrace, he became a mendicant under Muni Sambhūta. As a result of penance he made a nidāna which had as its object the enjoyment of army and treasure, fasted to death, and became a god in Mahaśukra.
Story of Jamadagni and Parasurama (6-100)
Now, Rṣabhanatha had a son Kuru, after whom Kurudeśa was named. He had a son Hastin, after whom Hastinapura was named, the native land of Tirthakṛts and cakrins. Anantavirya, belonging to this line, was king there, long-armed. Now, in the town Vasantapura in Bharatakṣetra there was a youth, Agnika, whose family had perished completely. One day he left that place for another country and, wandering about without a caravan, he came to a hermitage. The abbot, Jana, received Agni like a son and he received the name of Jamadagni among the people. Practicing severe penance, like a visible fire, because of his splendor hard to bear he became known throughout the world.
Then a god, a layman in a former birth, Vaiśvānara by name, and Dhanvantari, devoted to (Brahman) ascetics, had an argument. One said, "The religion of the Arhats is
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