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8.
Sakula - foremost among those endowed with a divine
vision; from a noble household at Srayasti in Kosala.
9.
10.
Bhadrā-kuņdalakesa - the most brilliant; born in a
Sresthi family at Rajagrha in Magadha. Bhadra Kapilāyani - for her memory of previous
birth(s); wife of Mahakas yapa; a Brahmani from Sagala in Madras.
11.
Bhadrā-katyayani - for her divine powers (abhijñā);
dauthter of Rāhulamāta who, in turn, was the daughter of Suprabuddha, a resident of Devadaha; a Ksatriyani from Kapilavastu in Sakaya
country. Krsā Gautami - for her use of coarse rags; a Vaisya
from Srāvasti in Kos'ala.
12.
13. Srgāla-mata - the most respectful; born in a Sresthi
family at Rajagrha in Magadha.
In the Jaina Agamas, we do not come across any list of the foremost among the foremost' as we have in the Buddhist texts cited above; but the figures in the Kappa Sutta of the omniscients and others and the account in the Uvayai give an idea about the length of penances of the nirgrantha monks and their other multifarious qualities, As to penances, it is stated, in part, as follows:
"Many monks practised a penance called kanakāvali, many practis ed ekāvali, laghus inha-nişkrīdita, mahasinha-niskridita. bhadra-pratima. mahābhadrapratima, sarvatobhadra-pratima, ayamvila-vardhamana, tapah, pratima for one month, for two months, and so on, till seven months, pratima for one, two or three weeks for whole day and night, pratima for one day-night, pratima for one night, seven saptamika pratima, yaya-madhya-candrapratima, and many practised vajra-madhya-candrapratima".
As to qualities of the monks, it is stated in the same Sutra:
