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( 176 ) onthe bank of the Rijuvâlukâ river in the village of Jram-bhika. He having left the aforesaid place arrived at MadhyaPâpâ Nagri. At that place there were eleven well-known Brahmans headed by Indrabhuti,-Gautam,-all learned in four. teen sciences. He removed all the doubts entertained by them in accordance with the Veda Srutis and by logical reasons and made the above mentioned eleven personages and their 4400 students as his desciples by performing their diksha ceremony. Out of them those (eleven) i. e. Gautam and others were given the title of Gandhara. They compiled the teachings of the Bhagvant in the books such as Achârânga etc. He also gave diksha to Chandnâ the virgin daughter of king Dadhivâhan of Champâ who made 36000 desciples.
After the attainment of pure knowledge (Keval jnana) he visited countries on the eastern side. In the life time of Lord Mahavira there were not more than 14000 sadhus, 46000 sadhuis, 159,000 srâvaks and 3,18000 srâvikâs. The lectures of
