Book Title: $JES 904 Compendium of Jainism (Jain Academic Bowl Manual 3rd Edition)
Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee
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F04 Stories during Bhagawan Mahävir's Life
03 - Chandanbälä
Highlights:
Originally Princess Vasumati; captured and sold as slave, but treated as daughter by merchant Dhanävah
Wife Moolä became jealous and decided to get rid of her • She ended up in conditions of shaved hair, locked in shackles, and (after the merchant's return)
offered Mahävir food of boiled lentils, with one foot inside and one foot outside the house, and tears in her eyes Became the first and head Sädhvi in the Jain sangh established by Mahävir
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Compendium of Jainism - 2015
