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mission of preaching Ahimsa, truth and love to the world. He visited Hastinapur and gave up his year old fast by taking sugar-cane juice from the King of Hastinapur Shri Sreyamsa Kumar. On this spot is erected a shrine containing his foot-prints to commemorate this occasion. Three Tirthankaras Shri Shantinath, the 16th, Shri Kunthunath, the 17th, Shri Arnath, the 18th, had their 4 kalyanakas, i.e., conception, (Chyavan) birth, (Janma), Diksha (Renunciation) and Keralagyan (sublime knowledge) at Hastinapur. Shri Mallinath, the 19th Tirthankar also visited this place. According to Jain traditions this Tirthankar was a woman (Malli Kumari) who established the equal rights of women to attain the highest knowledge and become Tirthankar. She refused the hands of as many as six Kings, converted them all to Jainism and made them renunciate
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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