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Mahāvīra. He was son of Vasu(5) and Namdā(5) of Kosalā. He did not believe in the existence of good and bad Karmas. Mahāvīra knew this and removed his doubt about it. Convinced by his arguments he became his disciple along with his three hundred pupils. He attained emancipation at the age of seventy-two. He is also called Ayala. He and Akampiya were in-charge of a common gana. He spent 46 years as a house-holder, 12 years as a monk and 14 years as an omniscient.* 1. Nan. v. 21, AvaN. 595, 631, 645, 13. KalpV. p. 248.
Sam. 72, Vis. 1384, 2013, Kalpv. 4. Vis. 2511-2518, AvaN. 652-656, SamA. p. 179.
I p. 83. 2. AvaN. 645.
Third chapter of the twenty-first section of Viyabapanpatti.1
Ayasi (Atasi)
1. Bha. 688.
Ayāvālagavāyaga (Ajāpālakavācaka) A senior monk who fell from the vow he had accepted. He was then engaged in tending and protecting shegoats (ajās).1 1. BrhBh. 4535-8. The reading “Ativālagavāyaga' seems to be wrong. The commen
tator also recognises this and gives its Sanskrit equivalent as 'Ajāpālakavācaka'.-- See BrhKs. p. 1225.
Ayojjhā (Ayodhyā) See Aojjhā(2).1
1. AvaCu. I. p. 337, Aval. p. 227.
Ayomuha (Ayomukha) An Amtaradiva.
1. Sth. 304, Praj. 36, Jiv. 108, NanM. p. 103.
Ara Eighteenth Titthamkara of the current Osappiņi in the Bharaha(2) region. He was also seventh Cakkavatti. He was son of king Sudamsana(1) and his queen Devi(2) of Gayapura.3 Sūrasiri was his chief wife. His height was thirty dhanuşas. He was of the complexion of heated gold. 5 He became Cakkavatti at the age of 42,000 years and renounced the world along with 1,000 men at the age of 63,000. On that occasion he used Nivvuikarā palanquin. Aparãiya(3) offered first alms to him. After three years he attained omniscience. His sacred tree was that of mango.10 He had thirty1. Sam. 157, Sth. 411, Ava. p. 4, Nan. 4. Sam. 158.
v. 19, Vis. 1759, AvaN. 371, 418, 5. Sam. 30, AvaN. 380, 393, Tir, 363. 421, 1095, Tir. 330.
6. AvaN. 377, Tir. 341. 2. AvaN. 223, 375, 418, Sam. 158, Vis. | 7. Sam. 157, AvaN. 225, 272,305, Tir.
1770, Tir. 559, Sth. 718, Utt. 18.40. 393. 3. AvaN. 383, 398-9, Sam. 157, 158, 8. AvaN. 328, Sam. 157.
Tir. 481, see also Ava M. pp. 237- 9. AvaN. 224, 238. 243.
10. Sam. 157, Tir. 406.
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