Jainism For Beginners Level 02

Author(s): Sayampurnashreeji
Publisher: Sayampurnashreeji

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Gandhars ACHARYAS
gathered for the occasion and eleven popular scholars were among them. Indrabhuti Gautam stood out among the eleven as a shining star. He was the head priest conducting the ceremony.
n 607 B.C., in the village of Gobar,
state of Magadha, India, lived a Brahmin couple named Vasubhuti and Prithvi Gautam. They had three sons Indrabhuti, Agnibhuti and Vayubhuti. All three sons were well versed in the Hindu scriptures (Vedas) and were experts in the performance of Hindu rituals. They - were great scholars at an early age. Each one of them,had five hundred disciples.
GANDHARSACHARYAS
Somils YAJNA
The whole town was excited by this event in which they were going to sacrifice sheep and goats. As he was about to begin his ritual everyone noticed many celestial beings from heaven descending towards the sacrificial sheep. Indrabhuti internally rejoiced thinking that this would make the sacrificial ceremony the most famous in history. He told the people, "Look at the sky. Even the celestial beings are descending from heaven to bless us." Everyone eagerly looked up at the sky.
nce in the nearby city of Apapa,
a Brahmin named Somil had organized a sacrificial ceremony or Yajna at his home. Forty-four hundred Brahmins