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CHAPTER III
MAHIVIRA'S ITINERARY
Mahavira was thuty years old when with the perm ssion of his clder brother Nandıvardhana and other ielatives, he renounced the world and vith a diyine garment (deradossal left Kundaggāma in the dark of mīgaitsa on the tenth day in w.nter Followed by thousands of people, Lahāvīra reached the garden of Niya andaiana, which lay in the outkirts of Kundaggama, lo the north-cast direction where the renunciation ceremony was performed with great pomp
TIRSTI IR
en The same day in the riching Mahiira left Nayasanıa and sct out for Kummāragāms There Wurt (Honoutc, lcarling to Kummira, onc by water and another by lund Mahavil aprelcucd the latter and having reached thcrc, stood in mr litation Machama w is caused trouble hic by a cowherd who took lum tc be a thicf and wanted to hit luim Vert day Mahavira proceeded to hollāha Sanni (sa where he biolc his fast From there he proceeded to Worāga Sunni esa and sojouned in a helrmitage. Next day Mahāuira Icít Morāga Sannivcsa and after a period
of eight months returned to thr same place again He put up here in a shut, but he had to lcasc this place icrt soon Then Vahānita plocccdcd to Atthiyagama and sojourned in the shrine of Sūlapani Here Sülapāni Jakkha is said to have caused minifold liouble to Mahāvild wuch he endured patiently and alsscd fist sainy scason in Itthuvag imi
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Fiom Atthivag im lihvita set out foi llojāga Saincse again where lived an asectic named Acchandala Chen Vlahīvira proceeded to Vācāla, wh ch was divided into Italia ila and Dalhin cild, and between them flowed the rivers Suvannahūland Ruppahūlit lahävira was going 10m Dukhiravacala to Ittaialacāla when the remaining hall of his gument was caught in thc thoins on thc bank of Suvannakūlā, and Iron this tim" il 15 ud that the Icache went about naked Now thcie wlic two loutcs to Uttarai acāla, one passing right through the liermitago namcu Kanahahhala and another from outside it The former, which wa, morc difficult, was chosen by Mahāra where he was caused much trouble by 1 POISOulous scipcnt From here Mahavira proceeded to Scyauli wluchay ncar the abovc hci mitage and where he was received by king Paesi Then thc reachel crosscd the Ganges and
The first half was already given to a Brahmana in the garden Vayasan la bufore Mahavira luft for Kumin uagama
