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Lord r V sup jya
Lord r V sup jya was the 12thT rthamkara after rey msan tha. In his previous incarnation he was king Padmottara of the Mamgal vat Vijaya on the island of Pu kar rdha. As Padmottara he constantly devoted himself to the Jina's teachings. He always knew in his mind that wealth is finite and deeds of merit destructible. Hence the true well-being rests in attaining salvation alone. By coincidence he met guru Vajran bha. Becoming is interested after hearing hi instructions, king Padmottara took initiation and contemplating and practicing insrruments (sth nakas) through intense, difficult austerities. obtained the Trthamkara n makarma. At the end of his life, in deep meditation, he became a powerful god in the Prata heaven.
India's famous city of Camp had for its king Vasup jya, and his queen was Jay dev. The soul of Padmottara, after its time in Prata heaven, entered the womb of queen Jay dev on the 9th day of the bright half of the Jye ha month under constellation atabhi. The queen saw the 14 auspicious reams and after completing her pregnancy period, gave birth to a son on the 14th day of the dark half of F Iguna under constellation
atabhi . Since he was the son of king V sup jya, he was named V sup jya.
According to c rya Hemacandra, V sup jya was considered unmarried I a celibate since birth. Jinasena and the Digambara tradition too, have the same view. According to Hemcandra when prince V sup jya became eligible for marriage the king Vasup jya expressed his desire that you, too, should, like the previous T rthamkara, follow the former tradition of marriage, kingship, initiation and mendicancy. Responding to his father V sup jya told him those people had certain bhoga-karmas (karmas of enjoyment of worldly pleasures) left while I do not have any. In future, too, Mallin tha, Nemin tha, etc will take initiation unmarried; hence you may grant me permission to take the spiritual path of self-restraint. According to Hemcandra his parents agreed with him and he took initiation without enjoying married life or kingship. However, c rya Sl mka mentions his having married and ruled for some time before taking initiation. In fact, the activities of T rthamkara as householder happens in accordance with their bhoga-karmas, hence his being married
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