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MAHAPURANA
In the meanwhile an astrologer came to the house of Parasurama who asked the astrologer how he would meet his death. The astrologer told him that he at whose glance the plate filled with the teeth of his enemies (Sahasrabahu and Kṛtavira) would turn into a plate of rice, would be his killer. Thereupon Parasurama established a danasala in the city where Brahmins were served meals free and were shown the plate of teeth. Subhauma was asked to visit the danasala to see if he was the person at whose hands Parasurama was to meet his death. Subhauma thereupon went to the danasala, saw the plate when it turned into a plate of cooked rice. Immediately. the keepers attacked young Subhauma who was unarmed. But the plate itself turned. into a discus with which he killed them and also Parasurama. He thereafter became a cakravartin.
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King Subhauma was once served a cinca fruit by his cook. He got angry with the cook and killed him for this offence. The cook was born as a Jyotiska god and assuming the form of a merchant offered the king some nice fruits. The king liked them very much and pressed the merchant to have more of them. The merchant said that gods gave him the fruits which were exhausted. As the king persisted in his demand, the merchant told him that the king would obtain them if he would accompany him to an island. The king agreed, went with merchant who placed him on a rock and killed him. Subhauma after death went to hell.
In the regime of Ara, there appeared the sixth set of Baladeva etc., whose names were Nandişena. Pundarika and Niśumbha. For details see Tables.
LXVII. For the life of Malli, see Tables.
During his regime there appeared the ninth cakravartin, Padma by name. For details of his life see Tables.
It is in the regime of Malli that there appeared the seventh set of Baladeva etc., whose names were Nandimitra, Datta and Bali. For details see Tables.
THE APPENDICES
The monotony with which the traditional details of the lives of Sixty-three Great Men of Jain Mythology are given and a hint by Vimalasuri in his Paumacariya quoted on page xi above suggested to me the idea of tabulating the information under suitable heads. I have therefore appended to this Volume Five Tables. Appendix I gives the iconographical information about the images of the Tirthamkaras according to the school of the Digambaras. I have taken this. Appendix from Mr. G. H. Khare's Martivijääna, a very valuable book in Marathi on Iconography. I have made slight modifications in Mr. Khare's Table so that the information in my Table should agree with the same as supplied in the works of Puspadanta and Gapibhadra. Appendix It gives details about the Tirthankaras II such as their previous lives, place of birth, parents etc. Appendix III supplies the number of Gapadharas of different Tirthamkaras. Appendix IV supplies some information about the Twelve Cakravartins or sovereign rulers of the Jain Mythology. Appendix V gives information about the eight out of nine sets of Baladevas,
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