Tirthankar Mahavir

SR No.: 020834
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Jaybhikkhu Sahitya Trust
Publication Year: 2003
Total Pages: 235
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 57 MB

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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsun Gyanmandir
arouses spiritual thoughts. The serene atmosphere is conducive to such thought
The tirth, surrounded by hills, lakes and nature's beauty, has inspired many a soul. There are other temples too which tell us about Bhagwan's chyavan (descent in to the mother's womb), birth and dikshakalyanak (renunciation).
There is also in the temple, the idol of king Nandivardhan, Bhagwan's elder. brother, carved out of rocks, and is surrounded by gardens teeming with flowers. especially roses. The forest nearby is called gyatvankhand, since Bhagwan belonged to gnatruvansha (clan). There is a reference to an incident called
aamlaki-krida (games played at the tamarind tree) in his life
and one finds many tamarind trees here near the
temple. There are also found the remains of the Morak, Kumargram and Mahankundgram villages where Mahavir must have sojourned.
Chyavankalyanak of Mahavir must have taken place 544 years before Vikram Samvat and in the month of Ashadh on Sud sixth, 600 B.C. He was born on Monday, March 30, 599 BC (or 543 years before Vikram Samvat) on Chaitra Sud 13th in Kundagrama in Jamui in Munger district of Bihar. The nakshatra (constellation) was Uttara Falguni. He took diksha (renunciation) on Monday, 29th December 569 B.C. The present shrine is the only one extant on the Kshatriyakund hill; there are two small shrines, at the foothill, called Chyavan and Dikshakalyanak. The place is
ancient and sacred and has historical
significance.
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