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Mahāsāla Mahāsauņi (Mahāśakuni) A Vidyādhari whose daughter was Patanā.1
1. Pras. 15, Prasa. p. 75. Mahā aupi-Pataņā (Māhāśakuni-Pūtanā) Patanā, the daughter of Mahăsapņi, a Vidyadhari.1
1. Pras. 15, PrasA. p. 75. Malāsamana (Mahāśramana) A preceptor destined to expire ninteen hundred years after Mahāvīra's emancipation and with him Sayagada to become extinct.1
1. Tir. 818. 1. Mahasayaa (Mahāšataka) Eighth chapter of Uvāsagadasā.1
1. Upa, 2. Sth. 755. 2. Mahāsayaa A merchant of Rāyagiha. He had thirteen wives, Revai(2) etc. He became a lay-votary of Titthayara Mahāvīra.? After fourteen years he went to posahasālā and engaged himself in religious observances. Revai went there in anger and abused him. She wanted to attract him back towards worldly enjoyments but in vain. In due course he observed sallekhana and attained avadhijñāña. Revai again went there to persuade him but was unsuccessful. He told her that she would die after seven days and go to hell.“ Titthayara Mahāvīra came to Rāyagiha and sent Goyama(1) to ask Mahāsayaya to confess and atone for what he had said to Revai. He did accordingly. After death he attained the Sohammā(1) region. In future he will get emancipation in Mahāvideha.? 1. Upa. 46.
5. Ibid. 52. 2. Ibid. 47.
6. Ibid. 53. 3. Ibid. 50.
1. Ibid. 54. 4. Ibid. 51. Mahāsava (Mahāsrava) Fourth chapter of the nineteenth section of Viyābapappatti.1
1. Bha. 648. Mahāsāmāna (Mahāsāmāna) A celestial abode in Mahăsukka(1) where the maximum longevity of gods is seventeen sāgaropama years. They breathe once in seventeen fortnights and have desire for food oace in seventeen thousand years.
1. Sam. 17.
1. Mahāsāla (Mahāśāla) Brother of king Sāla of Pitthicampā. He became a disciple of Titthayara Mahāvīra.1
1. Uttn. p. 321, Utts. 323, AvaCu. I. p. 381, Ava. p. 27.
Father of Aruna(5).1
2. Mahāsāla
1. Risi. 33. 74
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