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would also like to become mendicants so that like in the previous birth we continue to be guided by you in this birth as well. Goddess Mall took those kings to her father, king Kumbha. The kings saluted him and touched his feet. King Kumbha gave them due honour and respect and they left for their respective kingdoms.
Princess Mall told her father about her decision to take initiation and taking his permission, gave the year-long charities. King Kumbha opened food-serving halls at different places in his kingdom where people got different kinds of delicious food to eat. People got what they desired in gifts. Upon completion of the year-long giving, princess Mall decided to take initiation. The lok ntika gods as per norms requested her to accept the path of spiritual endeavour. King Kumbha instructed the family me to quickly bring the necessary things for the departure ceremony of the T rthamkara. The king of gods, Indra, too, instructed the gods to make all kinds of arrangements on behalf of the gods for goddess Mall 's initiation ceremony. All the articles brought by king Kumbha's men and those of the gods were laid out together. At the appropriate time the king of gods, Indra and king Kumbha bather Mall with water from those pitchers. After the ritual bathing, goddess Mall was seated on a throne and decorated with clothes and adornments. After that king Kumbha asked his men to bring the palanquin named Manoram. The king of gods Indra too asked to bring a heavenly and beautiful palanquin with many poles. By heavenly effect Indra's and king Kumbha's palanquins became combined. Mall, seated on that palanquin, made a round across the main streets of Mithil and came under the A oka tree in Sahasr mravana. Under the tree, goddess Mall herself removed all her clothes and ornaments and removed five fistfuls of hair saying “ amotthu am Siddh am.” Arihanta Mall bowed to the Siddhas and accepted the right conduct. Soon as she accepted the right conduct goddess Mall accrued the telepathic knowledge (knowledge of mental modes of others) and became the beholder of four kinds of knowledge. It was the 11" day of the bright fortnight of Pau a month under constellation A vin. Along with goddess Mall 300 women of her internal council (pari ada) and 300 men of the external council took initiation shaving off their hair. Besides, 8 princes, Namda, Namdimitra, Sumitra, Balamitra, Bh numitra, Amarapati, Amarasena and Mah sena, too, became mendicants. Four kinds of gods sang the glory of goddess
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