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the dieties descending the earth in order to celebrate the Kevalagyāna festival of Śridhara muni. His heart was filled with tranquility. He descended the steps and left to pay obeisance to Sridhara muni, but a venomous snake bit him. He died with a good intension. Hence, he passed through good births many times and was born in Mahāvideha kşetra as Prince Priyadarsana, the son of Acala Cakravarti and his wife Queen Harini. Since childhood, his mind was inclined towards dharma. He wanted to renounce the world at a very tender age, but his father got him married to three thousand beautiful maidens. During his lifespan as a layman, he performed excellent penance for sixty four thousand years. When he died, he was born as a diety in Brahmadevaloka. Dhana's soul travelled through the cycle of birth and death.
cal change in him. He left all his vices and became an ascetic. He too became a diety in Brahmadevaloka, but his debaucharies in early life forced him to take birth as an elephant Bhuvanālankara in the forest of the mount Vaitādhya. Priyadarśana's soul was reborn as Bharata, after he finished his tenure as a diety in Brahmadevaloka. When the elephant Bhuvanalankara saw Bharata, he remembered his past births and was pacified.
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Bharata
The elephant Bhuvanālankāra
King Candrodaya (Tapasa)
Kulankara
King Surodaya (Tāpasa)
Śrutirati
Many rebirth
Many rebirths
Vinoda
Ramana
Many rebirths
Many rebirths
Dhana
Bhusana
Many rebirths
Good births
He was then born as Mrdumati at Potanapura, in a brahmin family, but he was rude and imprudent. His father therefore threw him out of the home. The young boy cultivated bad habits as there was none to control him. He was an expert gambler and mastered many arts and cheated people in order to earn his livelyhood. His expertise in gambling made him very rich. He then became friendly with a harlot called Vasanta. But the twilight years brought a radi
Mrudumati
Priyadarśana Diety in Brahmadevaloka
Diety in Brahmadevaloka
Elephant Bhuvanalankara
Bharata
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