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In Antakriddasha Sutra era jaha mehe vi' means only this description. It conveys that Gautam Kumar also came out of his palace. crossed the city of Dvarka, came near Bhagavan Arishtanemi and paid homage to him.
5. ABHAYA KUMAR Abhaya Kumar was the first son of king Shrenik of Magadh. The name of his mother was Nanda.
Abhaya Kumar was very talented, wise like Vrihaspati (the guru of gods) and an able administrator. He was the right hand man of king Shrenik and the prime minister of Magadh. It was his wisdom that made Magadh a well run and organized empire.
He was the most favoured son of king Shrenik. It was through his plan that Shrenik married a beautiful woman like Chelna, a devout follower of Jain religion.
Abhaya Kumar solved all the problems of the state as well as the royal palace. It was he who arranged to fulfill the dohads of queen Chelna as well as queen Dharini.
In para 18, chapter 8, section 3 of Antakriddasha Sutra his name is mentioned as-- 'jaha Abhao'. This is with reference to the fulfilling of the dohad of queen Dharini.
When queen Dharini had a dohad of untimely enjoying cloudy weather and rains, he went to the paushadhshala (place for meditation), observed a three day fast to evoke a friendly god and with the help of that god fulfilled the dolud.
In the same way, according to Antakriddasha Sutra, Shrikrishna Vaasudev. went to the panshadhshala (place for meditation), observed a three day fast to evoke a Harinaigameshi god and with the help of that god mother Devaki got a son, Gajasukumal.
As both the incidents are same the author of Antakriddasha Sutra has indicated the name of Abhaya Kumar.
Abhaya Kumar finally renounced the world and got initiated by Bhagavan Mahavir. He remained an ascetic for five years during which he observed various austerities and after death reincarnated as a god in the Anuttur class of celestial vehicle named Vijaya.
6. ATIMUKTA KUMAR SHRAMAN
(The Younger Brother of Kamsa and Son of Ugrasen) Atimukta Kumar finds mention in para 10 of the 3rd section of Antakriddashu Sutra.
The context is that when six ascetics go to Devaki's palace three times in pairs, finding them to be of same age and appearance she gets confused. The ascetics inform her that they are six brothers and are sons of Sulasa, the wife of Naag Gathapati of Bhaddilpur.
This information adds to her confusion. She remembers an incident of her childhood -"When I was in Polaspur Atimukta Kumar Shraman had predicted-O Devaki, you will give birth to eight sons who will be as handsome as Nalkuber and will be almost same in complexion, appearance and age. In this Bharat area no other mother will give birth to such sons."
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