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moment the urd dal fell into his palms the divine echoes of 'mah d na - mah d na' resounded and the gods showered the five auspicious things. The gods showered twelve-and-a-half crores of gold coins at Dhan vaha's house. A huge crowd gathered to see this divine event and praised Candan 's luck. Within moments, Candan 's head was full of hair. Her chains turned into gold ornaments. Indra and the gods came there.
Kau mb 's king at n ka, his queen Mg vat and others came to Dhan vaha's house. Dadhiv hana's bodyguard was also with them; king
at n ka brought him as a prisoner. The moment he saw Candan he recognised her and started crying. When at n ka and M g vat found out that Candan was Dadhiv hana's daughter Vasumat , M g vat embraced her niece. Indra told at n ka - "When Lord Mah v ra will become a keval, Candan will be his first female disciple and in this body, shall attain nirva."
With lot of love king at n ka and M g vat brought Candan to their palace. Candan was well aware of her past life. Staying in palaces she spent her life disenchanted and with a feeling of renunciation. Soon the day came when the Lord attained pure knowledge. Candanab 1 took initiation from the Lord, became his first female disciple and the first head of the female-monk order established by the Lord. Managing the order, observing many kinds of severe penance and in the end destroying all her karmas Candanab 1 attained nirva.
Lord P r van tha and Mah v ra: Differences between the two
Orders
The first T rthamkara V abhan tha taught the five mah vratas. After him, 22 T rthamkara from Ajitan tha to P r van tha gave teachings on C tury ma tradition. They spoke of non-violence, truth, and nonstealing, and renouncing external things, as the four vows for life called yama, religion. After P r van tha, when it was Mah v ra's time, he taught non-violence, truth, non-stealing, celibacy and aparigraha in the form of five mah vratas. With the difference in the nature of the vows,the obvious question is, why so.
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