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kota-koți sâgaropan:as age of happiness and 6 Sixth araka named susama-susama of four kota-koti sāgaropamas-age of great happiness
Thus, the avasarpini era is of the duration of ten kota-koţi sāgaropamas and the utsarpini era is also of ten kota-koți săgaropamas duration.
During this year, the wealthy merchant Salibhadra, and his brother-in-law Dhanya setha, had Bhagavati diksa at the hands of Śramana Bhagavāna Mahāvira and several other persons of Rajagriha had minor vows of house-holder life
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2. An account of Śälibhadra śeṭha
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In Râjagriha Nagara there lived a very rich merchant named Gobhadra He had a wife named Bhadra śeṭhānī During their previous life, they had given a meal of rice - pudding to pious muni (ascetic) who had fasted for one month, although they themselves were very poor Now Bhadrā śeṭhāṇî gave birth to a very fortunate boy. As she saw a dream of a salikṣétra (rice-field) during her pregnancy, the boy was named Spâlibhadra) During his boyhood, Śalibhadra learnt several arts and sciences. With the advent of mature youth, there were offers to Gobhadra seth for marriage with his son Salibhadra from various weaIthy merchants for their thirty-two daughters. Gobhadra śètha accepted the offers, and Salibhadra Kumāra was married with thirty-two handsome girls. Salibhadra then began to enjoy worIdly pleasures with his young wives,-like an Indra in his dévaloka, in his lovely palace resembling a divine aerial car, and engrossed in great delight he could not even know how happily he passed his days and nights
Thinking that his son was now able to manage his house -hold affairs, Gobhadra śetha having renounced worldly pleasures, took Bhāgavt: dik sa at the blessed hands of Śramaṇa Bhagavāna Mahavira with the object of attaining his own spiritual advance
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