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together. He thought, despite having wronged me they are living happily, enjoying the pleasures of the pleasure-consuming realm. They cannot be killed but they can be sent to such a place where, while enjoying intense bond, they get sucked into a cycle of sorrow.
He learnt that the king of Camp had died and people were looking for an able person to make him the king. He at once sent the Hari twins, who had a life-span of one crore p rvas, along with the Cittarasa kalpav k a tree (wish fulfilling tree) to Camp city, reducing their life-span to one lakh years and their height to 100 dhanu a and gave a call from the skies saying, make these two the king and queen and you shall spend your lives happily. Thinking that to be a god's call from the skies, the people placed Hari on the throne. On account of passion-inducing food and attraction towards sensual pleasures, Hari and Hari died and went to hell. This was a surprising incident because the twins do not go to hell.
It is this Hari-Hari twins who gave rise to the Harivam a lineage. Many powerful, brave and pious kings belonged to this lineage and many cities settled by them are still around. The emergence of the Harivam a lineage is considered to be post-nirv a of T rthamkara talan tha and before the time of Lord rey msan tha.
The Harivam a Lineage
After Hari, some of the kings from the Harivam a lineage are as follows: - 1 P thv pati (son of Hari), 2 Mah giri, 3 Him giri, 4 Vasugiri, 5 Nar giri, 6 Indragiri. This way, there were innumerable kings of the Harivam a lineage. Twentieth T rthamkara Muni Suvrata was also form this lineage.
The son of M dhava Indragiri was Dak a Praj pati, whose queen was named Il and son was named Il . For some reason Il was annoyed with her husband Dak a praj pati and taking her son Il with her, went to T mralipti where she established a city called Il varddhana and the son built a city named M he var. After Il , his son Pulina ascended the throne. At one place, he saw a dog facing a lion making a circular gesture and thinking it to be the power of that place; he established a city named Kumdi over there. After Pulina, Varima established the Indrapura city. King Samjat of this lineage established a town called Va av s or
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| SR No. | 007594 |
| Book Title | Jain Legend Vol 1 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana |
| Publisher | Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana |
| Publication Year | 2011 |
| Total Pages | 367 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 2 MB |