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under the Tilaka tree, destroying delusion and ignorance forever, he obtained pure knowledge.
As an omniscient, Lord Kumthun tha gave the discourse of scripture and conducts at an assembly (samava ara a) of gods and men and established the four-fold creed thereby becoming a T rthamkara. His congregation had 35 Ga adharas and ga as, including Svayambh, 3200 omniscient, 3340 telepaths, 2500 clairvoyants, 670 14-p rvadh rs, 5100 vaikriyalabdhidh rs, 2000 v ds, 60000 monks, 60600 female-monks, 179000 votaries and 381000 female-votaries.
Sensing the end of his time the Lord went to Sammeta ikhara. There he fasted for one month along with 1000 monks and on the first day of the bright lunar fortnight of Vai kha month under constellation Krtika, breaking all his karmas, he became enlightened and attained nirva. As an omniscient, he spent 23,750 years. He was 95000 years old.
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