Jain Legend Vol 1

Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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status and becoming mendicant, and attainment of pure knowledge. Destruction of 8 karmas and liberation took place under Abhijita constellation.
Attaining Liberation
Lord V abhan tha wandered across India for a thousand years less than one lakh p rvas as a T rthamkara. He traveled to Bahal , Amdabaill - a taka region, Arabia, Greece, Persia, Svar abh mi, etc and preached dharma to the people there. It was the result of Lord din tha's preaching that the Jain religion was established as a universal religion in different parts of the country.
V abhan tha remained a bachelor youth for 20 lakh p rvas, a king for 63 lakh p rvas that is, for a total of 83 lakh p rvas as a householder. The, remained a mendicant, as chadmastha (in a state of partial bondage) for 1000 years. He remained a T rthamkara, after attaining pure knowledge for 1000 years less than one lakh p rvas. Totally, he followed the
rama a dharma for 1 lakh p rvas. Finally, sensing the end of his lifespan, he undertook p dapopagamana fast with his retinue of 1000 monks on the A pada Mountain. There, in the forenoon of the 13th day of the dark fortnight of M gha month under the constellation Abhijita, Lord V abhan tha attained nirv a. The ten thousand monks who had fasted along with the Lord also became liberated. At that point, 89 pak as, that is, three years, 8 months and 14 days remained for the 3rd raka to end.
The minutest division of an epoch, which is time, has an original rule that at one time, only two beings, with excellent understanding can become Siddhas (liberated beings), but Lord V abhan tha of excellent understanding of 500 dhanu a, along with him his retinue of 107 – in all, 108 – beings attained liberation at the same time. This can be called one of the caryas (extraordinary events) of the 10 extraordinary events of the transitory declining happiness cycle. The 9893 remaining monks who fasted with the Lord attained liberation within moments of each other the same day. Among these rama as were the Lord's ga adharas, sons, grandsons and others.
The Nirva Celebration
As soon as Lord V abhan tha attained nirva the seats of 64 Indras, including that of the king of gods, Indra trembled. All of them reached
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