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________________ Serial Number Royal personage State or capital Remarks APPENDIX 8 ROYAL DEVOTEES OF BHAGAVAN MAHAVIRA Note - The available note about the rulers who followed, worshipped or remained devoted to him is presented here. Besides there were numerous princes, princesses, queens etc. who were also initiated but their names are not noted here. 23 Serial Number Royal personage State or capital Remarks Adinashatru Apratihata Arjuna Alakakha Udayana 7 Udrayana (Udayana) Kanakadhvaja Karakandu Kunika Hastishirsha Saughandhika Sughosha Varanasi-Kashi | initiated Kaushambi Sindhu Sauvira initiated Pradeshi Setavya Shramano(Setambika) pasaka initiated Prasannachandra Potanpur Priyachandra Kanakapur Bala Mahapur Mahachandra Saranjani Mahabala Purimatal Mitra Vanijya Gram Mitranandi Saketapur Vasavadatta Vijayapur Vijaya Polaspur Vijaya Mrig(a) gram Vijayamitra Vardhamanpur Virakrishna Virpur initiated Mitra Virayasha initiated Vaishramana Rohitaka Datta Shatanika Kaushambi Shankha Mathura Shiva-Rajarshi Hastinapura Shaurika-Datta Shaurikapur Shreedama Mathura Shrenikah Magadha Sala Prishtha Champa initiated Mahasala Prishtha Champa initiated Siddhartha Patalishanda Seya Amalakalpa initiated Sanjaya Kampilapur initiated Hastipala Apapapuri initiated Tetalipura Kanchanapura Magadha Pratyeka Buddha Shramanopasaka (Shravaka) 40 Gagali Prishtha Champa Ujjaini Chandapradyota" initiated Shramanopasaka Chetaka Jitashatru Datta Dadhivahana Dasharnabhadra Dwimukha's Vaishali Nine cities Champa Nagari Champa - initiated Dasharnapura initiated Kampilya Pratyeka Buddha • Besides, nine Mallakis and nine Lichchhavis of Kashi and Koshala regions and who were appointed as the advisers of the State of Vaishali. In all eighteen over and above virangaya* Aineyaka etc. Dhanavaha Nami Rajarshi Rishabhapur Mithila Pratyeka Buddha Pratyeka Buddha Naggati • The princes mentioned against numbers 2, 3, 11, 14, 19, 26, 27, 32 and 36 were initiated by Bhagavan Mahavira. Nandivardhana Punyapala Kshatriyakunda • No details are given as the exact location of every city is not available. La KOLUN TO Vodic 37. The Jain, Bauddha and Vedic traditions look upon this king as their follo wer. He is referred to in Bhagavati Sutra and Vipaka Sutra in the Jain Agamas (scriptures) and in the story - literature and also in Bauddha scriptures-Dhammapada - Atthakatha and Samukta Nikaya. This is the same Udayana associated with the story of Vasavadatta. 38. This was the king of Sauvira (Sindhu) with the beautiful capital of vitta bhayapattana in western India. His true name is Udrayana and is mentioned in Ava. Niryu. Uttara Nemi, commentary and Upa. Mala Bauddha text mentions him as Rudrayana However he is popularly known among the Jains as Udayana (Rajarshi-a-royal sage) Bhagavan Mahavira toured from eastern India to the western India to initiate him. 39. The original name is Kunika, The Bauddha tradition recognises him as Ajatashatru and Konika. Another name appearing in Avashyaka Churni (a commentary) is Ashoka Chandra. He is konika, the son of Shrenika and ruler of Magadha. #0. The scriptures employ the word Shramanopasaka (those who serve the ascetics) for Shravakas, the householder followers of Jainism. 41. The original name was Pradyota. 42. There have been many rulers named Jitashatru. The name has been noted at times as a proper noun and at times as an adjective. However, nine kings bearing this very name are noted as devotees of Bhagavan Mahavira. Samyukta and Majzim Nikaya refer to Prasenajit, the ruler of Koshala. Historians believe him to be one of those kings known as Jitashatru (meaning the conqueror of the enemies). Prasenajit who is mentioned in Ja in traditions (Tri-sha was the father of Shrenik who was the follower of the religious discipline of Parshvanatha 43. The original name is Jaya' 41 Shrenika has also been referred to as Bhambhasara, Bhimbhasara and Bimbisara. The later Sanskrit and Prakrit authors have accepted the word Bhambhasar while Bauddha texts refer to him as Bimbisara The Jain as well as Bauddhist texts consider Shrenika, konika, Udrayana and Udayana as the followers of their own faiths, The Bauddha texts include Buddhacharita, Vinayapitaka, Digha Maizim Nikaya etc. while the Jain Agama texts include Sthananga, Dashashrutaskandha. Uvaval, Anuttaropapatika, Gnatadharmakatha etc. 45. See Thananga Sutra-621. M ऊटनी सवारी ARE C 2T 09 calent रोहिणी २ प्रज्ञप्ति ३ वजश्रृंखला I ४. वज्रांकुवा ५ जाम्यूनदा । ६. पुरुषदत्ता ७. काली ८ महाकाली 104 Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.004065
Book TitleTirthankar Bhagawan Mahavir 48 Chitro ka Samput
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorYashodevsuri
PublisherJain Sanskruti Kalakendra
Publication Year2007
Total Pages301
LanguageHindi, Gujarati, English
ClassificationBook_Devnagari
File Size35 MB
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