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Lord Munisuvratan tha
The twentieth Trthamkara of Jain religion was Lord r Munisuvratan tha. In his past life he was the king of Camp city, called Sura re ha. He accepted the spiritual path under monk Namdana and on account of devotion to the arihanta with 20 instruments and their reflections (sth nakas) he obtained the T rthamkara n makarma. In the end he completed his time in meditation and became a god in the Prata heaven. After completing his time in the Prata heaven his soul entered his mother's womb on the full moon day of rava a month under
rava aconstellation. The king of R jag ha, Sumitra and queen Padm vat were his parents. On completion of pregnancy period he was born on the ninth day of the dark fortnight of Jye ha month under
rava a constellation. During her pregnancy the mother kept observing right belief like a monk hence king Sumitra named him Munisuvratan tha.
When he became a young man his father got him married to many eligible women including Prabh vat and after some time, handing over the kingdom to him, he took initiation. After his father he took over the kingdom, but remained unsullied by royal glory and sensual pleasures. After ruling for 15,000 years, upon request by the lok ntika gods, and a year-long charity giving, leaving the kingdom over to his eldest son, he took initiation along with a thousand princes on the eighth day of the dark fortnight of F Iguna under rava a constellation. On the second day, he broke his fast at the home of king Brahmadatta of R jag ha.
After wandering for eleven months as mendicant he obtained pure intuition and knowledge at the same garden where he took initiation, while meditating under the Camp tree on the 12th day of the dark fortnight of F lguna month. After becoming an omniscient Lord Munisuvratan tha gave a sermon on right scripture, and right conduct and after initiating thousands of people, established the four-fold order His congregation comprised of 18 ga as and 18 ga adharas, 1800 omniscient, 1500 telepaths, 1800 clairvoyants, 500 fourteen-p rvadh rs, 2000 vaikriyalabdhidh rs, 1200 v ds, 30000 monks, 50000 femalemonks, 172000 votaries and 350000 female votaries.
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