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garden near his own capital, on the thirteenth Full-Moon day of Magha. He attained Kevala-Jnana on the Full-Moon day of Pausha, two years after his renunciation. He led ascetic's life for one lac of years and, when all his Karmans were exhausted, he attained Liberation on the fifth NewMoon day of Jeyshtha.
In his time, the two wives of king Shiva of Ashvara gave birth to two different sons: Sudarshana, the Baladeva, was born of queen Vijaya, while Purusha Sinha, the fifth Vasudeva, was born of queen Ambika. King Nishumbha, who was reigning as a Práti-Vasudeva in Haripura, was their contemporary. Purusha Sinha killed him, and began to rule over the three Khandas.
In the period intervening between the Nirvana of the fifteenth Tirthankara and the birth of the sixteenth Tirthankara, Sumudra Vija ya, the king, reigned in Shravasti. His wife, queen Bhadra, gave birth to Maghava, the Third Chakravartin (or emperor). When he was in the prime of his life, he became the master of the fourteen Ratnas (gems) and the nine Nidhis (Treasures ). He brought the six Khandas (continents) into subjection and ruled over them by force of his might and power. He, then, assumed the title of a Chakravartin or Emperor, Some time after his ascending to Heaven, queen Sahadevi, wife of king Asvasena of Hastinapura, gave birth to Sanatkumara, who became the fourth Chakravartin ( Emperor) afterwards. He was very proud of his beauty. Once it so happened that two celestial beings (gods), who had assumed the guise of old Brahamanas, came to him. Sanatkumara was at this time entering his dressing room. He had just taken his bath and wanted to adorn him
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