________________ year was not yet completed. A great festival was being performed on the eighth day of the month of Caitra on Siddhacala. His wife Premalalacchi, who got the cock from Sivamala the daughter of an acrobat, was very religious. She went to Shatrunjaya, taking the cock with her in a cage and accomplished various rituals there in a joyful atmosphere. They bathed in the Suryakunda. Then her friends and herself opened the cage. Reflecting about his sad life and the hate of his stepmother, the cock-Candraraja jumped into the water of Suryakunda in order to kill himself. Premalalacchi plunged into the water to save her dear husband, without whom she would not be able to live. She took the cock. As they each pulled in a different direction, the cord around his neck broke and he recovered his original human form. The Sasanadevata took both of them out of the water. Both were honoured through a rain of flowers. Premalalacchi's father, king Makaradhvaja, celebrated their return. After having been able to rule for a long time, because of the greatness of Shatrunjaya, Candraraja decided to lead a religious life after he had heard Munisuvrata's teaching and was finally emancipated. > This story cannot be traced in Dhanesvara's SatrMah (chap. IX devoted to Munisuvrata and Rama). But it is well known under the title Candraraja no ras and known from several versions. Its connection with Suryakunda accounts for its mention in various hymns to Shatrunjaya: see, for instance, one written in Gujarati by Sakalacandra (Siddhacala gavum re): kurukata mati raja thayo, je Surajakumde Canda (in Jaina Ratna Samgraha p. 71). A summary (in rather poor English) is available in Kanchansagarsuri (1982) pp. 15-16 (no original source mentioned); see also Gunratna Surishwar p. 65 about Suraj Kund: a bird (Candraraja) is carved on the tank. 1) 2) 3) 22 Basic information about Neminatha: see chart above and section 3. below. - Mention of Taleti, the place where the holy hill of Shatrunjaya begins. After having heard Nemi's teaching, Krsna's sons samba and Pradyumna decided to lead a religious life. They went to Siddhacala with eight crores and a half monks and reached Emancipation. > SatrKalpa 26. Narada reached Emancipation together with 9 100 000 persons. > SatrKalpa 25. Siddhacala is also the place where the Five Pandavas reached Emancipation. They were at the origin of a restoration there. After having taken to religious life, they were keeping a month's fast and went to Hastinapura to break it. They took the resolution to break the next fast at the feet of Neminatha. After having taken this resolution and having cleaned their religious vessels, they went in search for alms in Hastinapura. But, when they reached outside the village, they heard that Neminatha had reached Emancipation. They decided to go to Shatrunjaya, the glory of which they had learnt from him, and took to fasting unto death. They were accompanied by twenty crores of persons. > SatrMah. XIII, end; SatrKalpa 30. 4) 24 1) Basic information about Mahavira: see chart above and section 3. below. - During his travels Mahavira reached Siddhacala for the samavasarana which was built by the gods. On this occasion he delivered his teaching. पटदर्शन 137
