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I AM MAHĀVĪRA
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near the city of Rājagrha in Bihar. I also went to Kșatriya
Kundagrāma.
All kinds of people came to listen to me. Bimbasăra Śreņika-the king of Magadha, Cetaka-the king of Vaiśālī, Jitaśatru- the king of Kalinga and the son of Cetaka, Udayana-the king of Kauśāmbi (near Allahabad), Jivandhara-the king of Hemanga (Mysore), Vijayasena-the king of Mithilā (Bihar), Candapradyota-the king of Campā (Bihar) and others listened to my sermons. They also helped me in promoting these sermons. Many kings were initiated to monkhood and began wandering and sermonizing
The prince Ardraka of Persia also listened to my sermons.
He was highly impressed by me. Five hundred people from Greece also, once, came to listen to my sermons. The businessmen of Phanika country (Andhra) were highly impressed by my sermons and teachings.
Like the royalties, my sermons also impressed upon the householders and common men. Many people were initiated under me and they accepted the vows. Because of the growing number of my followers, my colleagues and disciples established an order. It consisted of 14,000 monks, 36000 nuns and 1,59,000 male and
3,18,000 female householders. These were the four kinds of my
followers. Among them, the number of householders was the maximum. All kinds of people joined my order. Many slave
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