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At Mokā Nagari śramana Bhagavāna Mahavira, explaining the questions of Agnibhūti and Vayubhūti, described the power of transforming their forms possessed by the gods and gave an account of the previous life of Išāna Indra and of Camaréndra.
śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvîra, then returned from Moka Nagari and went to Vānijya Grāma
Sramaņa Bhagavāna Mahåvira lived at Vānija Irāma during the rainy season of the Twenty-eighth year of ascetic life.
Twenty-ninth year of Ascetic Life (B. C. 540-539)
After the close of the rainy season, śramana Bhagavāna Mahāvîra left Vāņijya Grâma and went in the direction of Mag. adha-desa. Coming to Rajagriha Nagara, he stayed at Gunasila Caity outside the town.
At that time, there were numerous followers of Jainism at Rājagriha Nagara. There were also many followers of Buddhism, Ājivika, and of other faiths, and they were trying to refute, as well as, ridicule each other's doctrine.. मसाइमं उवक्खदाति उवक्खडावेत्ता मित्तणाइनियगनाव परिजणं रायाणो य खत्तिया आमंतेति आमंतेत्ता तो पच्छा हाए जाव सरीरे भोयणवेलाए भोयणभंडवंसि मुहासणवरगए तेण मित्तणातिनियगसयण जाव परिजणेणं राएहि य खत्तिएहि य सिद्ध विपुलं असणपाणखाइमसाइमं एवं जहा तामली जाव सकारेति समाणेति सकारत्ता समाणेत्ता तं मित्तणाति जाव परिजणं रायाणो य खत्तिए य सिवमदं च रायाणं आपुच्छइ आपुच्छित्ता सुबहु लोहीलोहकडाहकडुच्छं जाव भंग गहाय जे इमे गंगाकूलगा वाणपत्था तावसा भवंति तं चेव जाव तेसिं अंतियं मुंडे मवित्ता दिसापोक्खियतावसत्ताए पव्वइए, पन्चइए ऽवि य णं समाणे अयमेवारूवं अमिग्गह अभिगिण्हइफप्पइ मे जावज्जोबाए छ8 तं चेव जाव अभिग्गह अभिगिण्हइ २ पढमं छट्टक्खमणं उपसंपज्जित्ताणं विहरइ । तए णं से सिवे रायरिसी पढमछटक्स
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