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famine. This place was an abode of Buddhist monks. They did not like Jains and hence did not sell flowers to them required for their worship.
Meanwhile, holy days of Paryusana began for which flowers were necessary for worship. So Vajraswami secured lotus flowers from Mahalaxmi Devi. People felt pleased with this. The king also embraced Jainism as a result of his contact with Vajraswami, who breathed his last on the Rathavart mountain by resorting to fast.
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