Jainism For Beginners Level 01

Author(s): Sayampurnashreeji
Publisher: Sayampurnashreeji

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King Kumbha and Queen Prabhavati lovingly raised their children Malli and Malladin. Princess Malli was exceedingly charming and beautiful and grew up to be a very attractive girl. Malladin respected his elder sister. King Kumbha wanted to give them the best education and therefore entrusted their training to highly respected teachers who taught them all the required arts and crafts. Princess Malli mastered all the fine arts and became a very talented and accomplished princess. Malladin learned all the martial arts and became a bold and brave youth.
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A few years later, Queen Prabhavati had a son named Malladin. The six friends of Mahabal were reborn as princes in different kingdoms and in due course became powerful kings of the cities of Hastinapur, Ayodhya, Champa, Kashi, Kampilypur and Shravasti; All these cities were located in the present states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
anyone by merely seeing one part of his or her body. He once happened to see the toe of princess Malli and from that, he drew an accurate portrait of princess Malli on the wall. The portrait was excellent and displayed every minute detail of the princess. It was so lifelike that when prince Malladin came to see the gallery and looked at the portrait he felt as if his sister was standing there and actually folded his hands as a token of respect.
When he realized that it was merely a portrait, he was puzzled as to how the artist had obtained such minute details of his sister's body. He was told of the special power and the talent that the artist possessed. It was no doubt a very rare accomplishment. However, the prince foresaw the dangers of such talent. He therefore wanted to prevent the use of that special power. The artist was asked to abandon his art in return for a suitable reward. The artist refused and insisted upon his freedom of artistic expression. In order to prevent the misuse of the artist's talents the prince ordered that the thumb of the artist be cut off. The artist was very angry and displeased and decided to take revenge.
King Kumbha decided to establish an art gallery in Mithila. A marvelous building was constructed for this purpose and all the well-known artists were invited to make their artistic contribution to the gallery.
An artist from Hastinapur had an exceptional ability and possessed a special power to prepare an accurate portrait of
The angry artist returned to Hastinapur without one thumb. He found another artist who LIFE SKETCH OF TIRTHANKARAS