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father. Sometime after Mandita's birth Dhanadeva died so Vijay dev married Dhanadeva's maternal cousin, Maurya and through Maurya she had a son who was named Mauryaputra. Muni Ratnavijaya, agreeing with this opinion, writes in his Sthavir val , Vol. 1, that widowremarriage was allowed in those days. Actually, names of both ga adharas' mothers being similar, has given rise to this false opinion. However, the Samav y mgaS tra gives some important facts about these two ga adharas, a study of which proves that the above opinion is not correct. Samav y mgaS tra states that Maņdita's total age 83 years and about him it clearly states that he attained liberation after observing the
rama a vows for 30 years. Hence, when he took initiation from Lord Mah v ra he was 53 years old. The same Samav y mgaS tra states that Mauryaputra took initiation at the age of 65. It is also a fact that all the 11 ga adharas took initiation under Lord Mah v ra on the same day. In this context, how is it possible that while taking initiation on the same day one brother is 53 years old and the younger brother, 65 years old; that is the younger brother is older than the elder one by 12 years? Muni Ratnaprabhavijaya himself writes in Sthavir val that at the time of initiation Maņdita was 53 years old and Mauryaputra 65 years old. All these evidences prove that the belief of these two being brothers is mere imagination which became popular because of their mothers' names being the same.
Lord Mah v ra's first female disciple: Candanab 1
The much loved and doted on daughter of the king Dadhiv hana of Camp city and queen Dh ri, Vasumat grew up to be Candanab 1 , the first female disciple of Lord Mah v ra and the head preceptor of the order of female-monks. Female-monk Candanab 1 's life story is briefly presented here:
Dadhiv hana was the king of Camp. His queen's name was Dh ri His only daughter Vasumat was extremely beautiful, well behaved ar endowed with all good qualities. There was peace and happiness in king Dadhiv hana's kingdom. There was mutual love and warmth among the family members. At that time, at n ka ruled over Kau mb. For some reason and altercation occurred between at n ka and Dadhiv hana and out of envy at n ka conspired to attack Camp to destroy it. He suddenly got information that it was time for attacking Camp and he
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