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the Lord, Bh t removed her ornaments and went to female-monk Pu pac 1 to be initiated as a female monk. After becoming a monk Bh t became a ar rab ku ik (taking special care of purifying and cleaning the external body). Female monk Pu pac 1 explained to her that this conduct is inappropriate for a female-monk, but Bh t did not listen to her and instead went to be alone to a different place. Continuing her conduct as before, she affected her soul through various kinds of penance and in the end completing her life in samlekhan , without being critical of her laxity, she became a goddess in Saudharmakalpa's r Avatamsaka vim na and obtained this prosperity. After completing one
pama years in the realm of gods she will be born in Mah Videha and shall become enlightened, emancipated and liberated.
There are descriptions similar to that of r dev , of nine other goddesses such as Dh , K rti, Buddhi, Lak m , Il dev , Sur dev , Rasadev and Gandhadev in the remaining nine chapters.
In the same way in the tenth section of the second rutaskandha of Jt dharma S tra there is description of 206 old and decrepit unmarried women being initiated by the Lord P r van tha. In the first section there are stories of five foremost queens, including K 1 dev , of Camarendra. At first K 1 dev paid respect to Lord Mah v ra, seeing him seated at R jag ha, and just like S ry bha showed a dance performance with her gods and goddesses using her vaikriyalabdhi and returned to her place. When Ga adhara Gautama asked the Lord, he gave her past life story, saying that in a city named malakalp the g th pati K la and his wife K la r gave birth to a daughter, K 1. She remained unmarried till old age; hence she was called an old-old calibate woman, or Junn - Junn kum r. When Lord P r van tha arrived in malakalp , K 1 went for the samava ara a and hearing his sermon, became detached with the world. With her parents' permission, she renounced and she was sent to female monk Pu pac 1 as a disciple. Female monk K 1, while studying the eleven Amgas, and purifying her soul through various austerities, wandered about, but she used to pay special attention to her bodily cleanliness and cleanliness of the place she would stay at. Pu pac 1 told her this was inappropriate for a monk, but she paid no attention and went to a separate place to be on her own and wander. Observing the vows for years, completing her life through samlekhan of a fortnight, she became one of the foremost queens, K 1 of Camarendra, in Camaracamc capital.
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