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[ The Birth place of Lord Mahavira.
ed for a shrot time in a monastery named Duipalasa which was in the neighbourhood of his birth place. The parents of our Lord as well as Naya Kshatriyas were worshippers of Lord Parsva Nath, and they had established this monastery in the vicinity of their town in order to provide facilities for the worshippers of Lord Parasvanath performing their religious rites.
We might refer to one more proof. There is a description of Brahmana Kunda Grama in the paras 77-78 by mentioning 'Uchchaniya-Majjhima-Kula' which quite agrees with that of the Buddha Charitra written by Rosvilla. According to this, Vaisali was divided into three parts. The first part of Vaisali proper contains seven thousand houses which had gold kalasas over them. The second part, which was inferior to the first in beauty etc. had fourteen thousand houses with silver domes and the third part contained 21000 houses with copper domes. The third part was far inferior to the first and the second in beauty, charm and strength etc. Similarly the residents of these three parts were also people of high middle, and low classes respectively.
Dr. Hoernle accepted this statement as true. The reader should take the help of his knowledge, learning, education, intellect, study and experience, while examining the validity of this statement.
THE RANK AND DIGNITY OF THE PARENTS OF LORD MAHAVIRA.
Jain scriptures differ with regard to the rank and title of Lord Mahavira's parents. Some say that Siddhartha was a great king and that Trisala was his chief queen. While others regard him as an ordinary chief and address him a Ksha
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