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inclination towards being devoted to the arihanta, Siddhas and monks, through penance and restraint, he obtained the Trthamkara n makarma, and completing his life in meditation, became a minor god in the Apar jitavim na.
Birth and Naming
Completing a full life in Apar jita vim na, king amkha's soul entered the womb of iv dev , the pious queen of king Samudravijaya on the 12th day of the dark fortnight of K rtika month under the Citr constellation. She saw the fourteen great dreams and was very happy. On completion of pregnancy she gave birth to a son on the fifth day of the bright fortnight of the rava a month under the Citr constellation. The gods celebrated the birth, king Samudravijaya, too, gave gifts with a free hand and made people content. Ari anemi was very handsome. On a darkhued lustrous body, he had 1008 auspicious qualities, a firm body like the thunderbolt with a face that was very charming. On the 12th day during the naming ceremony the king said that during pregnancy we were all protected from all kinds of calamities and the mother saw the ari a gem-studded cakra hence the name Ari anemi for the child would be apt. Ari anemi's father king Samudravijaya was a valorous king of the Harivam a lineage. The introduction to his lineage's origin is given below as per requirement.
The Origin of the Harivam a Lineage
In the period of the T rthamkara Lord talan tha there was a king named Sum ha in the Kau mb city in Vatsade a. He kept with him the very beautiful Vanam 1, wife of a person named V raka, and she started to stay at king Sum ha's palace enjoying all pleasures. There V raka became perturbed being separated from his wife and began to live in the forest as a young ascetic. One day, the king went for a stroll with Vanam 1 to the forest. There both of them became sad seeing the pitiable state of V raka and began to repent their bad deed. Suddenly a lightning struck them and both died and in the next birth were born as twins in the pleasure consuming realm named Hariv sa. After sometime
too, died and became a kilvi god in the Saudharma kalpa. Through his clairvoyance he saw that Sum ha and Vanam 1 have been born as twins Hari and Hari and are happily spending their lives
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