Jain Legend Vol 2

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

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slightest Dev action or negligible errors in the observance of conduct and austerities. She felt that these small mistakes may serve as the root cause for future grave mistakes or calamities. So, to maintain discipline and for the good and benefit of the rama community, she never hesitated to fondly warn the rama s even if they were quite older to her. She did not even think twice to reprimand the highly elevated female-votary M g vat, when she remained in the holy assembly of the Lord beyond the stipulated time. On her part, even M g vat too underwent contrition with simple and pure heart and immediately attained omniscience. Serving the Jain Order for a long time, and helping herself and others progress in the spiritual path, the propagator Candana B 1 attained omniscience after she had destroyed the four obscuring Karmas and later by destroying the remaining four nonobscuring Karmas, she attained absolute, blissful, eternal liberation. Out of the 36,000 Female monks of Lord Mah v ra, 1400 including Candana B1 attained liberation.
Mother of Jamb Kum ra - Dh ri & Others
When Jamb, the son of a wealthy merchant got disdained of the worldly pleasures after hearing the preaching of rya Sudharm and took initiation in V.N. 1, simultaneously 17 women of noble birth also took initiation into rama Dharma from ryik Suvrat. Their names are as follows:
Mother of Jamb
Kum ra
1.
ryik
Dh ri
Mothers-in-law of
Jamb Kum ra 2.Padmavat
3.Kamalam 1
4.Vijaya r
5.Jaya r
6.Kamal vat
7.Suse
8.V ramat 9.AjayaSen
Wives of Jamb
Kum ra
10.Samudra r
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11.Padma r
12.Padmasen
13.Kankasen
14.Nabasen
15.Kanka r
16.Kankavat
17.Jaya r
These 17 women impressed by the logical, beneficial, appealing and detachment-oriented discussions with the great ascetic Jamb Kum ra,