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show a Swastika below the three dots. This is conclusive evidence of him being a Jain king.
down with Muni Dhangiri and looked at everybody with a joyful face. Everybody in the courthouse, including the king and Sunanda, were amazed that the young boy decided on monkhood instead of a luxurious worldly life. Sunanda accepted the decision of Vajrakumar. She wished him success. Sunanda celebrated Vajrakumar's diksha with joy and delight. Later on Vajrakumar became a great acharya.
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KING SAMPRATI
ing Samprati was a great Jain king M who lived during the second half of the third & the first half of the second century BC. He was the grandson of the great king Ashok & the son of king Kunal.
Samprati was raised & educated in Avanti & became the king of Avanti in 232 BC. While he was prince, he once saw a grand Jain procession led by Acharya Suhastigiri, who was the head of the Jain religious order. On seeing the Acharya, Samprati felt that he had seen him somewhere. While deeply pondering over it, he faintly remembered that the Acharya was his Guru in an earlier life. Samprati bowed to the Acharya & asked whether he knew him. The Acharya thought for a while & remembered that Samprati was his disciple in the previous life. There was a severe famine when Acharya Suhastigiri was in the city of Kaushambi. During the famine it was very difficult for Jain monks to get alms. Jain householders,
Stories After Bhagwan Mahavir
Jain history provides some details of his life. Buddhist literature also mentions him by the Prakrit name Sampadi. His name occurs in some of the Hindu Purans, wherein he is variously referred to as Samprati, Sampati, & Saptati, etc. Moreover, coins depicting a crescent & bearing his name have now been found. The sign of the crescent represents the Jain symbol of Siddhashila & the three dots are symbolic of the Jain trio of Right Faith, Right Knowledge & Right Conduct. Some of the coins also
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