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SRI VPAKA SUTRA
Thereafter Sumukh Gathapati gave 'Kahar daan' that means to distribute
alms that free from living organisms and acceptable to Jain monks under their
regulations.
Here purity is considered three-fold which means the person offering should be faultless, the person being offered alms should be an eligible monk in terms of Jaina Regulations and items offered too should be fault free. Because of this aahardaan Sumukh Gathapati, bounded good karmas that helped him attain the human form of life in his next birth. His house was gifted with five 'divyas' arranged by celestial beings. They were: (1) Shower of golden coins (2) Shower of flowers of five colors (3) Flag banners (4) Holy sound of musical instruments played by deities, (5) Announcement by celestial beings from the sky with constant declaration "Aho Danam”, “Aho Danam”.
