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55th and 56th Pontiffs of Lord Mah v ra tradition
55th Pontiff c rya 56th Pontiff c rya
J var jaj Mah r ja Gajasena Birth
V.N.1709
V.N.1721 Initiation into
V.N.1722
V.N.1744 monkhood Became c rya
V.N.1758
V.N.1779 Heavenly Abode
V.N.1779
V.N.1806 Household life duration
13 years
23 years Ordinary monk tenure
36 years
35 years Period of c rya status
21 years
27 years Complete monkhood
57 years
62 years Total longevity
70 years
85 years
41st Epochal - c rya Revat mitra
Birth Initiation into monkhood Ordinary monk tenure Epochal- c rya period Household life duration Ordinary monk tenure Epochal - c rya tenure Heavenly Abode Total longevity
V.N.1737 V.N.1746 V.N.1746 - 1762 V.N.1762 - 1840 9 years 16 years 78 years V.N.1840 103 years
A great proponent-propagator Votaries Jagad ha during the
tenure of 56th Pontiff of Lord Mah v ra tradition
A very generous and a sincere follower of Jina Order, a merchant named Jagad ha existeduring the period of c rya Gajasena (Vikram 17791806), the 56th Pontiff of Lord Mah v ra tradition and Revat Mitra (Vikram 1762 - 1840), the 41" epochal - c rya. During the countrywide famine from Vikram 1315 to 17 i.e. V.N. 1785 - 87 that lasted for 3 years, he set up 112 inns at different places and donated large quantities of grains from his granaries to the victims of famine and thus did a magnificent service to humankind. The glory and generosity of
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