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called Jayāvati. Campāpuri (Modern Bhāgalpur) was his birth-place.
His name has been derived in various ways. As he was the son of Vasupujya, he was fitly called Väsupūjya. It is said that while in the mother's woml), God Indra used to give his father wealth (vasu). Hence his name Vásupūjya. Thirdly, the gods Vasus worshipped him, which lcd to his name as such.
The only explanation that can be rendered to his symbol is that cattle formed the chief wealth in Ancient India. Hence, a buffalo as the emblem.
Vimalanātha
Jaina liturgical treatises attribute to Vimalanātha, the thirteenth Jina, thc Lāùchana or symbol of the boar. The parti, cular attendant spirits attached to him are named as Şanmukha and Vairoţi (Svetām-Viditā). The King to stand for his fanner is called Svayambhu-Väsudeva. His Kevala tree is Jambu (Blackberry).”
As for his parentage, his father's name is Kộtavarman and mother's name is Suramyā. His birth occurred in Kämpilya (Kāmpil in Furrukhabad), the Southern capital of the Pancāla.
An interesting story is told to explain the origin of his name. We reproduce it here. "He got his name Vimalanātha (Lord of Clearness) through the clearness (Vimalatā) of intellect with which he endowed his mother before his birth, and which she displayed in the following manner. A certain man and his wife unwiscly stayed in a temple inhabited by a female demon, who, falling in love with the husband, assumed his real wife's form. The miserable man was quite unable to tell which was his true wise, and asked the King of Kāmpilapura to distinguish between them. It was the queen, however, who solved the difficulty. She knew the long reach that witches and only witches have and telling the husband to stand a long distance off,
1. वसुपूज्यनृपतेरयं वासुपूज्यः । यद्वा- गर्भस्थेऽस्मिन् वसु हिरण्यं तेन
वासवो राजकुलं पूजितवानिति । वसवो देवविशेषाः तेषां पूज्यो वा
वसुपूज्यः; प्रज्ञाद्यणि वासुपूज्यः । 2. Frutatavaht ottagande analfa: 1 Utarapurāna, P. 126.
Abhidhāna-Cintamani,
