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Chapter 2.
THE GODS NAMED HIM "MAHĀVIRA", THE GREAT HERO
The arhat Pārsva, the Elect, had eight gaṇas and eight ganadharas.1
The arhat Pārsva, the Elect, had a community of surpassing worth, [consisting] of sixteen thousand śramaņas with Äryadatta at their head.
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The arhat Pārsva, the Elect, had a community of surpassing worth, [consisting] of thirty-eight thousand āryikās with Puspacŭlā at their head.2
In those days, in that same period, Śramaṇa Bhagavān Mahavira had a community of surpassing worth, [consisting] of fourteen thousand śramaņas with Indrabhūti as their head.3
Śramana Bhagavan Mahāvira had a community of surpassing worth, [consisting] of thirty-six thousand ārvikās with Aryā Candană at their head.4
1 Paāsassa ṇaṁ arahao purisādāņiyassa aṭṭhā gana aṭṭhā gaṇahara huttha... KS 156.
2 Pāsassa ṇaṁ arahao purisādāņiyassa Ajjadiņņapāmokkhão solasa samaņasāhassio ukkosiyā samaṇasaṁpaya hotthā. Pasassa ṇam arahao purisādāņiyassa Pupphacŭlāpāmokkhão aṭṭhattisaṁ ajjiyāsāhassio ukkosiyā ajjiyāsaṁpayā hotthā. KS 157.
3 teņam kāleṇam teņam samaeņam samaņassa bhagavao Mahāvirassa Iṁdabhūtipāmukkhão coddasa samaṇasāhassio ukkosiyā samaṇasaṁpayā huttha. KS 133.
samaṇassa bhagavao Mahāvirassa ajjaCaṁdaṇāpāmukkhão chattisaṁ
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