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family man for nineteen lacs of Purvas, he celebrated his renunciation ceremony in an orchard of Benares on the thirteenth New Moon day of Jyeshtha. He attained KevalaJnana on the sixth Full Moon day of Phalguna, just nine months after his consecration; and when all kinds of his Karmans were exhausted, he attained Liberation on the Seventh Full Moon day of Phalguna.
Nine hundred crores Sagaropama years passed after the Liberation of the Seventh Tirthankara, before Lord Chandra-Prabha the eighth Tirthankara, was born of queen Lakshmana, wife of king Mahasena of Chandrapuri, on the twelfth Full Moon day of Pausha. He led a worldly life for nine lacs of Purvas, after which, he renounced the world and took a vow of asceticism in a garden near Chandrapuri on the thirteenth Full Moon day of Pausha, and attained Kevala-Jnana on the seventh Full Moon day of Phalguna the same year. He practised a severe self-discipline for one lac of Purvas, and when all his Karmans were utterly destroyed, he was entitled for Moksha (Liberation) on the seventh Full Moon day of Bhadra-pada.
Ninty crore Sagaropamas after the eighth Tirthankara's obtaining Liberation, Queen Rana, wife of king Sugriva of Kakandi, gave birth to Shri Suvidhi-Natha, the ninth Tirthankara, on the fifth Full Moon day of Agahana. He led a family life for one lac of Purvas when he was initiated into the order of monks in an orchard of the capital, on the sixth Full Moon day of Agahana. He attained KevalaJnana on the third New Moon day of Kartika, four months after his initiation and practised austerities for one lac of Purva years more. When all his Karmans were totally
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