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fourth New Moon day of Magha. He attained Kevala-Jnana, on the sixth New Moon day of Pausha,and practised austerities for a period of fifteen lacs of years. In the end, he attained Liberation, on the Seventh Full Moon day of Ashadha, when all his Karmans were exhausted.
A very interesting event took place when he was still in the womb of his mother. A man was returning home with his wife from his father-in-law's house. On the way, his wife felt very thirsty and got down from his carriage to drink water at some tank. In the meanwhile, a witch (Vyantari) assumed the guise of his wife and, having approached near him, said, “Let us hurry up, my dear husband; I fear this place is infested with witches; we must not stay here any longer”. No sooner did she speak these words than the man started with her in great haste. His wife was seeing all this from a distance. She ran breathlessly to her husband and said, "O, Lord ! why are you leaving me in this terrible forest ? The woman, going with you, is not your wife, etc.” The witch now got the opportunity to prove the truth of her words. She said to the man, “I had already told you that this place was haunted with witches, is it not · It is high time now that we ought to make haste in order to save our lives". The man was greatly amazed at this and he could not decide what to do. He was again preparing to start when his wife caught hold of the witch's hand. A quarrel ensued and both began to say, "I am his real wife, I am his real wife, you are not etc.". Finding no solution of the problem, the man brought both of them to the court and related the whole story before the king. The king, too, could not decide one way or the other, for he was
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