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Liberation, on the fifth day of New-Moon in the month of Chaitra. It is said that when he was in the womb, his mother usually played a game of dice with her husband, in which she was never defeated; and that is why, he was named as Ajitanatha (Unconquerable Lord). In his time, his uncle, Sumitra, begot a son, named Sagara who become an Emperor afterwards.
Thirty lac crore (30000000000000 ) Saga ropamas after the Nirvana (attaining Liberation) of Ajitanathaji, third Tirthankara, Shri Sambhavanathaji, come into this world. He was born on the fourteenth of New Moon in the month of Magha. His father and mother were king and queen of Shravasti, whose names were Jitari and Seva respectively. He led a householder's life for fifty-nine lacs of Purva years, after which he took the vow of renunciation, in the orchard of his own birthplace, on the fifteenth of New Moon in Agahana. Fourteen years after taking the vow, he attained Kevala-Jnana (omniscience) on the fifth Full Moon day of Kartika. He observed the course of renunciation for one lac of purvas, and when all his Karmans were exhausted, he obtained Liberation on the fifth New Moon day of Chaitra. When he was in the womb of his mother, there had been a possibility of general peace and happiness on this earth. And, it was on account of observing favourable conditions of nature that he was named as Sambhavanatha (the Lord of all possibilities).
Ten lac crore ( 10000000000000 ) Sagaropamas after the Third Tirthankara’s attaining Nirvana-pada ( the state of Liberation ), the fourth Tirthankara, Shri Abhinandanaji, came into the womb of queen Siddhartha, wife of Sambara,
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