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Wandering with his thousand monks, Th vacc putra came to
ailakapura. Impressed by his discourse the king of ailaka along with 500 men took initiation. From there they reached Saugandhik city. There a well-established merchant named Sudar ana, who had become a devotee of a monk c rya named uka, who was learned, impressed by Th vacc putra monk's religious discourse, became a votary. Learning of his disciple's acceptance of the votary's conduct, uka reached Sudar ana's house. When Sudar ana praised Th vacc monk, uka expressed desire to have a religious discussion with him. Happily, merchant Sudar ana took uka to monk Th vacc. uka discussed with monk Th vacc about various religious and philosophical matters. He was very happy when monk Th vacc resolved with humility and knowledge all his doubts. uka obtained the knowledge of reality listening to Th vacc . He saluted monk Th vacc , accepted to be his disciple and along with his one thousand followers, removing five fistfuls of hair, became a rama a monk. uka studied, along with his followers, the 14 p rvas and 11 Amgas and in sometime, became famous for his self-knowledge. Then Th vacc putra instructed him to wander with his disciples, which uka accepted. Impressed by his discourse, the devotee of rama a tradition, king ailaka, along with his 500 r vaka friends, became a monk. This way, observing restraint and giving religious discourse for many years, Th vacc muni reached Pu dar ka Mountain. There, after one month of samlekhan , he attained nirva. His disciples, uka and ailaka (the sage) also reached Pu dar ka Mountain after sometime and after a month-long samlekhan , a nirva.
Ari anemi's stay at Dv rik and redemption of Bhavyas
Despite being a renouncer and omniscient Lord Ari anemi did not stay at one place. He traveled far and wide. While his monsoon stay was uncertain, it can be certainly said that for most part his place of stay has been Dv rik . The fact that Lord Nemin tha went again and again to Dv rik shows that it was an important religious centre of that time. Once when the Lord was seated in Nandanavana the ten sons of Amdhakav i including Samudra, S gara, etc took initiation. The second time we find mention of the initiation of V 's sons, including Himavanta, etc. The third time there is mention of Baladeva's sons, Sumukha, Durmukha, K paka and Vasudeva's sons, D ruka and
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