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Jaina Tīrthamkaras and antiquity of Jainism Vāsupūjya – the twelfth tīrthamkara Vāsupujya, the twelfth tīrthamkara, was born at Campā.246 His father Vasupūjya was the king of Campā and his mother's name was Jaya247 or Vijayā.248 According to the Jaina tradition, Vāsupujya descended for incarnation from the heaven Prānatadevaloka.249 He remained celibate and also rejected kingship.250 He led the life of an ascetic251 and became a kevalin under a pāțala tree252 at Campā. 253
According to the Jaina tradition, his height was 70 poles and he lived for 7,200,000 common years.254 His complexion has been mentioned as red. 255 His first ganadhara and āryā were Subhuma and Dharanī respectively.256 He attained moksa in the kāyotsarga posture257 at Campā.258
Vimalanātha — the thirteenth tirthamkara
Vimalanātha, the thirteenth tirthamkara, was born at Kampilya,259 which is now called Kampil,260 a place in the Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh.261
246. HGAI, p. 205; GD, p. 44; GEAMI, I, p. 83. 247. TSPC, III, pp. 65-6; JPV, p. 105; GD, p. 44. 248 JPV, p. 105. 249. OIS), pp. 66-9. 250.JPV, pp. 105-6. 251. TSPC, III, pp. 66-90. 252. JPV, p. 106; OISJ, pp. 66-9. 253. Ibid., p. 106. 254. OISJ, pp. 66-9. 255. Ibid.; ERE, VII, p. 466. 256. Ibid., pp. 66-9. 257. Ibid., p. 66. 258. HGAI, p. 205; JPV, p. 106; TSPC, III, p. 90; GD, p. 44; GEAMI, I, p. 83. 259. TSPC, III, pp. 93-4. 260. JPV, p. 106. 261. AGI, p. 41; GD, p. 88; HGAI, p. 92.
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