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[ The Previous Lives of Lord Mahavira
he descended to the world of men once more. . In his seventh birth, he was called Pushpamitra, the Brahmana, who lived in Hastinapura. and major portion of this life he passes as a Tridandi ascetic. His eighth birth was in the heaven named Saudharma and ninth again on this earth. This time he was born as a son to a Brahmana named Chaitya, who gave him the name of Agnyuddota. In the latter part of his life Agnyuddota became a Tridandi, and ascended to heaven after his death.
This time the soul of would be Lord Mahavira was born in the second heaven named Ishana, for the tenth time and for the eleventh it took the form of a Brahamana named Agnibhuti who lived in a small village called Mandira. In the latter portion of his life Agnibhuti became a Tridandi, and after his death, he was born in the third heaven named Sanatkumara, This was the twelfth birth of the soul of Lord Mahavira. At the end of this celestial life, the soul again descended to earth, where it was born as a Brahmana child in Shvetambari city, and was called Bharadvaja. Towards the end of his life, Bharadvaja became a Tridandi ascetic. Thus thirteen lives of the soul of Lord Mahavira passed away one by one. He took his fourteenth birth in the fourth heaven named Mahendra. At the completion of this life, the succession of human and celestial life was finished; and he fell into other births in order to reap the fruit of his previous karmanas. The reader should note here that we are taking only those particular lives of the soul of Lord Mahavira into consideration which had taken place in the worlds of men and gods, for it is rather impossible to give an account of all his lives. After the fourteenth birth in the celestial region, he had to undergo several other births,
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| SR No. | 002027 |
| Book Title | Bhagavana Mahavira |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Chauthmal Maharaj |
| Publisher | Jainoday Pustak Prakashan Samiti Ratlam |
| Publication Year | 1942 |
| Total Pages | 630 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Story, & Biography |
| File Size | 12 MB |