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of twenty. In the end, dying by fasting, he emerged as a powerful god of 33 ocean measured periods in the Vaijayanta palace (vim na).
Birth of Sumatin tha and naming Ceremony
After completing the stage of residence in the Vaijayanta vim na, the soul of Puru asimha descended from there and entered into the womb of queen Mamgal vat on the second day of the bright half of rava a month under the Magh constellation. Thereafter, mother Mamgal vat dreamt the 14 auspicious dreams and was very happy. On completion of her pregnancy period she happily gave birth to a son on the eighth day of the bright fortnight of Vai kha at the midnight hour under Magh constellation. When he was in her womb, she had resolved fairly complex problems using her balanced intellect hence the son was named Sumatin tha.
Marriage, Kingship and Initiation
When prince Sumatin tha became a young man, the king married him off to suitable brides. Up to 29 lakh p rvas, after enjoying the king's position, he became inclined towards the path of perfection. On request by the lok ntika gods, after giving charities for one year, he along with a thousand other kings, pulled out five fistfuls of hair and on the ninth day of the bright fortnight of Vai kha, under Magh constellation, giving up bad karmas, turned monk.
Pure knowledge and Sermon
At the time of initiation he was observing a fast. On the second day, the Lord reached Vijayapura and there he agreed to break his fast at king Padma's house. After initiation he remained a mendicant for 20 years, wandering about and practicing many kinds of austerities He stopped the influx of karmas through adherence to dharma. Then he reached Sahasr mravana where he entered the meditative state and after destroying the obscuring karmas, attained pure knowledge and pure intuition on the eleventh day of the Caitra month under Magh constellation. After attaining pure knowledge the Lord gave a sermon in the assembly of gods, men and celestial beings on the mok am rga (path to salvation) and established the four-fold order, thereby becoming T rthamkara.
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