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History of Jainism with Special Reference to Mathura
first ganadhara and arya were Samba and Dāminī respectively.323 He attained mokṣa in the kayotsarga posture 324 on Samet Sikhara.325
Aranātha
According to the Svetambara tradition, Aranatha, the eighteenth tīrthamkara, was born at Gajapura; but the Digambara tradition holds that he was born at Hastinapura.326 His father Sudarsana was the king of Hastinapura327, and his mother's name was Devī328 or Mahadevī329 or Mittra 330 According to the Jaina tradition, Aranatha descended for incarnation from the heaven Sarvärthasiddha.331 He married at the insistence of his father332 and ruled for long as a cakravartin.333 Subsequently, he abdicated the throne to live the life of an ascetic. He became a kevalin under a mango tree334 at Gajapura after undergoing hard penance for three years.335
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the eighteenth tīrthamkara
According to the Jaina tradition, his height was 30 poles and he lived for 84,000 common years. 336 His complexion has been described as golden.337 His first ganadhara and arya were Kumbha and Rakṣitā respectively.338 He
323. OISJ, pp. 66-70.
324. Ibid., p. 66.
325. TSPC, IV, p. 10; JPV, p. 112.
326. JAA, I, p. 15.
327. JPV, p. 113; TSPC, IV, pp. 12-13.
328. TSPC, IV, pp. 12-13.
329. JPV, p. 113.
330.
Ibid.
331. OISJ, PP. 66-70.
332. TSPC, IV, p. 14.
333. JPV, p. 113; TSPC, IV, p. 14.
334. Ibid.; OISJ, pp. 66-70.
335. Ibid., p. 113.
336.
337.
338.
OISJ, pp. 66-70.
Ibid.; ERE, VII, p. 466. Ibid., pp. 66-70.
