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I AM MAHAVIRA
MY CHILDHOOD
When the festivities of my birth were over, my father called the astrologer pundits. He got my horoscope (Kundalī) prepared by them. They told my father that I would be a highly proficient boy. Besides the horoscopic details, I also had the distinctive marks on my body parts and my foot prints were also specific. On this basis, the prognosticians also predicted that I will be a brave and patient man. I will be either a Cakravarti or a
religious teacher of the world.
K 10 Mars
7 Saturn
Sun, Mercury 2 Venus X 4R., Jupiter
6 Moon
Fig. 3- Horoscope of Mahāvīra
Born on Monday, the bright thirteenth day of Caitra, 599 BC,
Uttarāphālguni constellation, astrological house of Virgo; end of night, Nātha
lineage, Licchivi family, Iksvāku Vanía, Kaśyapa gotra,
Place of birth - Kștriya Kundagrāma. (Vaiśāli)
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