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## Second Study: Sunakṣatra
"If, Venerable Sir, the first study of the third section has this meaning (as stated before), then what is the meaning of the second study?" Jambū asked Ārya Sudharma.
Ārya Sudharma replied to Jambū, "Oh Jambū! In that time and at that time, there was a city called Kākaṇḍī. The king there was Jitasatru. In that Kākaṇḍī city, there lived a merchant woman named Bhaddā. She was prosperous and respected. This Bhaddā, the merchant woman, had a son named Sunakṣatra. He was handsome, with perfect limbs and features. He was nurtured with five kinds of nourishment. Like Dhanna, he was given a dowry of thirty-two. He lived in the palace, indulging in pleasures."
"At that time and at that time, the Samosaraṇa (the preaching of the Dharma) took place. Like Dhanna, Sunakṣatra also went out to hear the Dharma. Like Thavaccaputra, he left his home and became an Anugāra (a renunciant). He became an Īryāsamita (a celibate) and a Brahmacārī (a monk)."
"Then, Sunakṣatra, on the very day he was shaved and ordained by the Lord Mahāvīra, took the Abhigraha (vow). He ate without attachment. He lived in restraint and practiced the right conduct. He practiced the eleven Angas (parts of the Jain path) and lived in restraint, cultivating his own self."
"Then, Sunakṣatra, like a tree, grew in that way."