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The Lord's first sermon was very effective. Hearing the Lord's speech, king A vasena became detached and leaving his kingdom to his son, became a mendicant. Queen V m dev and Prabh vat and many other women too accepted initiation. Vaidika scholars like ubhadatta, too, became initiates with the Lord and obtaining the tripad knowledge from the Lord they got to know the fourteen p rvas and became ga adharas. This way the Lord established the four-fold order and became a T rthamkara.
P r va's principal disciples (Ga adharas)
The'r P san ha Cariyam' gives the following description of Lord Pr van tha's ga adharas:
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ubhadatta: He was the first ga adharas of Lord P r van tha. He was the resident of K emapur city. His father's name was Dhanya and mother's name was Ll vat. He became a r vaka under monk Sambh ta. After the death of his parents he became disinclined. He heard the sermon of Lord Pr van tha at
ramapada garden at the 1" samava ara a and became a mendicant and the first Ga adhara.
ryagho a: He was P r van tha's second Ga adhara. He was a resident of R jag ha and a minister's son. He was also present at the Lord's first samava ara a and after being initiated, became the second Ga adhara. Va i ha: He was the Lord's third Ga adhara. He was the son of the king Mahendra of Kampilapura. He came to the Lord's first samava ara a and being initiated there, became the third Ga adhara.
ryabrahma: ryabrahma was the son of the Surapura king Kanakaketu. His mother's name was ntimat. Hearing about the Lord's omniscience he came there and listening to the sermon, became a mendicant and the fourth Ga adhara. Soma: Soma was the son of king of K itiprati hita, Mah dhara and queen Revat . His wife's name was Campakam 1 . He also had a son who died at the age of four. His wife was sick, too and died. After these two deaths he became detached. Inspired by the Lord's discourse he accepted the path of restraint and became the fifth Ga adhara.
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