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samava ara a, and thinking of the glory of renunciation, became reminiscent of his past life. As a result, giving over his kingdom to his son, he accepted initiation under T rthamkara Jagann tha and observing severe penance, obtained the T rthamkaran ma karmaby observing twenty instruments of arihanta devotion.
With penance he used to make several firm and difficult resolutions for
ual purification as well. Once, wandering about, at the Kravar a forest near K ragiri, he stood facing the sun in relaxation (k yotsarga) posture. At that time, the soul of Kama ha which had just exited from the seventh hell and had become a lion, seeing the monk, on account of a past life enmity, leapt on him with a roar. The monk, completing his k yotsarga, became meditative, observing samlekhan. The lion, after attacking him, had begun to tear open his body. The monk remained tranquil and steady. Completing his life in a feeling of equanimity, he became a god in the vim na named Mah prabha and got a life-span of 20 s garas. The lion died, too, and descended to the fourth hell and got a life-span of 10 s garas. On completing his life in hell, for a long time he bore many kinds of pain in animal wombs.
Description of past life in various scriptures
According to Padmacaritra, P r van tha was named nanda in his past life. He was born to V ta oka D mara in S ket city. RaviSena considers Pr van tha as having emerged from Vaijayanta heaven, whereas in Tiloyapa at and Kalpas tra, he is considered to have come from the Prata kalpa. In Uttarapura and P sanh Carium too, there is similar description of the past life of P r van tha. There is also description of his past lives in c rya Hemacandra's Tri a i al k puru a caritra and Lak m vallabha's commentary on Uttar dhyayana S tra, 23chapter. Later c ryas wrote the life-story of P r van tha independently, too.
In the vet mbara tradition, Devabhadra Sri first wrote an independent account called Siri Prasan ha Carium. According to Devabhadra S ri, Marubh ti started remaining sad after his father's death and inspired by the teachings of monk Hari candra, he began to feel detached from his house, family and his wife. Because of this his wife became attracted to a person named Kama ha. Marubh ti learnt of Kama ha and his wife from Kama ha's wife, Varu . To confirm this information Marubh ti feigned
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