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king of Ratnapura. Jinadharma renounced the world and was reborn as Indra and that ascetic (Nāgadatta) as his elephant. Indra got reborn as Sanatkumāra, his parents being Sahadevi and Aśvasena of Hastinapura. The TSP furnishes more details about his marriage. In other respects it agrees with the PCV. The two gods came again as physicians to cure monk Sanatkumāra but he did not like to take any treatment and decided to suffer his own Karmas.
Devendraganin, the commentator of Uttaradhyayana narrates the same version of the story as related in the TSP. Sanatkumāra is said to have belonged to the Kuruvamsa.
In the Brahmanical literature, Sanatkumāra is said to be one of the mind-born sons of Brahma. The other three sons are Sanaka. Sananda and Sanatana (Bhagavatapuraņa, 3. 12. 4).
They are described as counsellors and companions of Viṣņu (MWSD).
11. Harişena:
After defeating Vaiśravana, on his way back to Laikā. Rāvana enquires about the patron of the Jina-temples seen on the way. Sumalin narrates to Ravana the story of the tenth Cakravartin who was the patron of those temples (8. 143-210).
Simhadhvaja of Kampilyapura had two wives, Vapra and Laxmi belonging to different faiths. Vapra's son, Hariṣena left his country on being distressed by the quarrel between his mothers on the question of the preference of taking out their chariots in the procession. He reached a hermitage and there on seeing Madanavali, the princess of Campāpuri developed love for her. At this the recluses turned him out. He resolved to construct Jina-temples if he got the hand of Madanavali. On his way he married the daughters of the king of Sindhunada. Further he married Jayacanda, the daughter of king Indradhanu of Suryodayanagara. Two Vidyadhara lovers of Jayacanda got disgruntled and attacked Hariṣeņa. Hariṣeņa defeated them and emerged as the tenth Cakravartin. He attacked Campāpurī and married Madanavali. He returned home and fulfilled the desire of his mother, Vapra by rotating the Jina-chariots. Further he got many Jina-temples constructed. In course of time he renounced the world and attained emancipation.
The Sthānanga (p. 544) refers to Harişeņa along with Bharata and Sagara and mentions that he was a king who became a monk. The Uttaradhyayana (18.42) refers to him as Muni who reached perfection. The Samavayanga (5.157) and the TP (4.515) calls him tenth Cakravartin.
