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________________ 117 1. The Lord (Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira) told Väyubhūti yho had & doubt that the Body and the Soul is the saine. Bart you do not know the exact meaning of the verses of the Vedas. Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahävira then explained Väyubhūti the correct meanings of the verses of the Vedas Vāyubhūti accordingly took tu. Dik, ā, Initiation, at the hands of śramana Bhagavān Mahāvīra along with his five hundred pupils. Vanadhara Vāyuhhütı was forty-two years old when he renounced the world, ten years later He at the age of fiftytwo, he acquired ara hévala Jñāna,-Perfect Knowledge. He reinained a Kévali for eighteen years, and when he acquired QiVeç Moksa Pada, -State of Final Emancipation,-he was seventy years old. He died at Rājagriha Tuge during the lifetime of śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāyıra. GANADHARA VYAKTA, Gaqadhara Vyakta of Bhāradvaja Gotra was the fourth Gapadhara, of Gramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra. He was born at Kullāka-gma. His father was wefan Dharma-mitra and his mother was a Vāruņi. He was a Brāhmin by caste. He Was well-ested in the four Vedas and the six gaits Upāngas, Supplementary Sciences. He had five hundred pupils who were receiving instruction in various branches of learning under him. He had a doubt in his mind about the five as Bhuta, Elements-the five gross elements-Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether of which the body is supposed to be composed and into which it is finally dissolved. He said that there was nothing Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.008006
Book TitleShraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 5
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorRatnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
PublisherParimal Publication
Publication Year1989
Total Pages616
LanguageEnglish, Sanskrit
ClassificationBook_English, Biography, History, & Religion
File Size14 MB
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