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Shri Munisuvrat Swāmi
At Jambudweep's Aparvideh, in Champa city of Bharat continent King Surshreshth was famous as religious king. King was happy in happiness of citizens. Many kings within and out side country were impressed by his qualities.
King became renunciatory when he met Nandan Muni and he forsook every thing by pursuing initiation. He did Vishasthanak penance and constituted Tirthankar Namkarma. After peaceful death, in the next birth he became Mahardhik deity at tenth heaven called Pränat. After completing life at heaven he came to the womb of queen Padmavati on full moon day of Shravan month in Shravan constellation. Queen Padmavati was the wife of King Sumitra ruling over Rajgruhi city at Jambudweep's Bharatkshetra.
The queen dreamed fourteen great dreams. Whole royal family was very happy. After completion of pregnancy on eighth day of dark half of Jyeshtha (Vaishakh) month, in Shravan constellation she delivered a dark coloured baby boy having blot of tortoise. The whole universe was glad on birth of God.
56 Dikkumaris and 64 Indras celebrated birth ceremony as per their convention.
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