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Mall's departure and observed a hnika on an Namd vara and left for their divine abodes.
Pure knowledge (kevalaj na)
After becoming a mendicant, the same day goddess Mall went into meditation in padm sana posture under the A oka tree. Through auspicious results, extensive perseverance and colour of the purity of her soul she entered the state of that unprecedented purity which destroys dense karmic stains and those which obscure, and within a short while, crossing the 12 gu asth nas, accrued pure intuition and knowledge during the later half of the day. That was the 11th day of the bright fortnight of Pau a under A vin constellation. Thus goddess Mall's mendicancy period was a little more than one measure of the day, that is, one-and-a-half measure of the day. Nobody until the time of T rthamkara Mah v ra after her obtained pure intuition and knowledge in such a short span of time. This was the peculiarity of Lord Mallin tha. Lord Mallin tha's first fast-breaking too happened in pure knowledge in Mithil at the home of king Vi vasena who was a subordinate ruler to king Kumbha.
First sermon and establishing the t rtha
Sensing the obtainment of Lord Mallin tha's pure knowledge the gods and Indras showered the five auspicious things in celebration of pure knowledge and created the samava ara a on that very mango grove. The good news of the Lord's pure knowledge immediately spread everywhere. Along with a huge gathering of Jains, king Kumbha, queen Prabh vat, their entire kith and kin came to participate in the samava ara a. The six kings including Pratibuddhi, too, gave their respective kingdoms to their sons, and seated on grand palanquins, came to the samava ara a with the aim of being initiated there. This way, in the grant samava ara a of gods and goddesses, men and women, seated on a high throne, Mall in her first heavenly sermon explained the true form of religion that ends all kinds of sorrows in the world and benefits living beings. For the listeners present there it was a unique experience of samava ara a. After the sermon, Lord Mallin tha established the fourfold religious order. King Kumbha and queen Prabh vat accepted the householder's conduct. Jita atru and other kings took initiation into
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