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[Antakṛddaśā _Ārya Jambū asked Sudharmāsvāmī - 'Bhagavan! The Lord has spoken of thirteen studies in the seventh category, so what is the meaning of the first study, O venerable one, that the Śramaṇa, the liberated Lord, has spoken of?'
- Ārya Sudharmāsvāmī said - 'O Jambū! In that time and at that time, there was a city called Rājagṛha. Outside it was a garden called Guṇasīla, outside it was a garden called Gaṇasīla. There, King Śreṇika ruled. Here, one should know the description of the king. King Śreṇika had a queen named Nandā, her description should also be understood as similar to the description of the king in the Aupapātika Sūtra. The Lord Mahāvīra arrived in the garden of Rājagṛha city. The assembly went out to pay homage. Nandā Devī, hearing the news of the Lord's arrival, was very happy and called an obedient servant and ordered him to bring a religious chariot. Like Padmāvatī, she also took initiation, studied all eleven angas. She observed the conduct for twenty years, and finally became a Siddha. ... Nandavatī and the remaining twelve studies are like Nandā.