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CHAPTER 11
The Eleven Ganadharas ( Principal Disciples)??
of the Lord and their early history.
ne day, while Lord Mahavira was delivering his sermons to a crowd of thousands of men, women, and children, in his Samavasharana (i.e. the Religious Assembly), outside A papa
City, a Brahmana named Somila was holding NOTTE a great fire sacrifice in the same city. He had invited many learned people to take part in his firesacrifice, and accordingly there came Indrabhuti, Agnibhuti and Vayubhuti the three sons of Vasubhuti of Gautama gotra, residents of Govara City, who were regarded as the most learned of their contemporaries with five hundred of their students each; Vyakta, the son of Dhenumitra, and Sudharma, the son of Dhammila, both residents of village Kollaka, with one thousand of their students; Mandita and Maurya of village Maurya with 350 of their students each;
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