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worshipped and adored Tirthankar of this era.
One day Suvarnabahu god became aware that only six months of his life-span were left. From here I will descend and take birth as the son of mother Vamadevi in Varanasi city. Let me see how the mother will feel when I am born.
Driven by curiosity the god took the form of a beautiful and charming dark complexioned child and appeared before Vamadevi. When mother Vamadevi saw the divinely beautiful child every pore in her body was filled with joy. Her eyes beamed with happiness. She could not shift her gaze from the child. The god in the form of a child was pleased to witness the joy and happiness on the face of the mother. Bowing before Vamadevi he returned to his abode. Six months later, after concluding his life span of twenty Sagaropam (a conceptual unit of time), the maximum for that divine realm, he descended from Pranat Dev Lok on Chaitra Badi 4th (the 4th day of the dark fortnight of the month of Chaitra).
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