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( 174 ) In the Videhdesh (ancient Mithila country) in Ksatriya-Kunda-grâma, there was a Raja named Siddhârtha, in the SûryaVansha or Jnâtavansha.
He had a queen Trishlâ, who gave birth to a child on Tuesday, Chaitra Sudi 13th at night in the 1st part of Uttrâ Phâlguni Nakchhatra, 542 years before Vikram Samvat. (i.e. about 600 B.C.) The parents gave him the birth name of Vardhmâna. When he attained maturity his parents married him with Yashodhâ, the daughter of Sidhartha’s feudatory Samarvir. When he became 28 years of age, his parents died. After that he remained in the family for 2 years at the request of his elder brother i.e. he remained in the house till he was aged 30 years and had one daughter named Priayadarshanâ. After that he took initiation in the sâdhu life, with the permission of his elder brother Nandivardhan. For one year he kept a piece of cloth placed on his shoulder by Indra ? Subsequently he went about without clothes for the wholelife. Although
