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conduct. Brahmarūci then aceepted monkhood. In course of time Kūrmi gave birth to a son and after abandoning him in a forest, she became a nun. That neglected child was nourished, educated and trained by some celestial beings. He was also granted the supernatural power of faring into the sky. Once having observed her mother living the life of a nun, he accepted the vows of right conduct. Later on he came to be known as Devarși. He used to wander from place to place as he liked.
The PCR (11. 116-158;, the TSP (IV. p. 151) and the RPS (p. 46) agree with the PCV.
According to the Bhāgavatapurāra (1.5-6), Nárada was born of Brahma. He was a slave son in his previous birth. He served the followers of Vedas and Yogins and wanted to meet Hari.
4. Lord Mahāvira, the twenty-fourth Tirthagkara :
After having given the contents of the text in the first chapter, the author narrates in brief in the following canto the life of Lord Mahāvīra and his sojourn at Vipulagiri where his chief disciple Gautama related the Rāma-story to king Śreņika (2.21-98).
Siddhārtha reigned Kundagrāmapura (also called Kundapura 20.50). His wife Trisala (also called Priyakāriņi 20.50) gave birth to a son. He was named Mahāvīra by the Surendras because he had, in his childhood, sportively shaken the Meru mountain with the strike of his toe. At the age of 30, he renounced the world and in due course he attained omniscience. He wandered from place to place delivering sermons in the Ardhamāgadhi language (2.34). Once being accompained by the Gañadharas and the Samgha he sojourned on the Vipulagiri (at Rājagsha). On that occasion king Śrenika of the Magadha country went there to pay homage to him. Next day the king approached Gautama the chief disciple of Lord Mahāvíra and requested him to clear off his doubts about the Rāma-story. Then Gautama narrated the complete story of Rāma to Srenika. At 20.50 it is mentioned that Mahāvīra attained deliverance at Pavā.
The Kalpasūtra (19-20) refers to Siddhārtha as a jñātra Kşatriya (nāyānam khattiyānam) and Trisalā as his wife. It mentions Priyakāriņi and Videhadinna (Su. 109) as other names of Trišala. The Tiloyapaņņatti (4.549), thc UP (74.256; 75.8) the MP (96.6) and the HVP3 (2.16) refer to the name of the mother of Mahāvīra as Priyakāriņi, The Șatkhandāgama (Vol. IX. p. 119ff) and the HyPJ (2.18) name her as Trišalā also,
