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Meyajja
was thirty-six years old. He obtained omniscience at the age of forty-six and attained liberation at the age of sixty-two in the presence of Titthayara Mahavira. He and Pabhasa(3) had a common Vacană (instruction or recitation) of the cannon.
4. AvaN. 651 ff., AvaCu. I. pp. 337 ff. |
2. Meyajja Family-line of asscetic Udaa(3).1
1. Sut. 2. 7. 4.
3. Meyajja An ascetic belonging to Rayagiha. He stuck to his vow of non-injury at the cost of his life.1
1. AvaCu. 1. cp. 494-5, AvaN. 866, 870-1, Vfs. 3332, 3338-9, AvaCu. p. 19, Sth. 157, 236, SthA. pp. 182, 474, Mar. 425-6.
Meraa (Meraka) (2) region. He was killed by Sayambhu(1).1
1. Vis. 1767, Sam. 158, Tir, 609.
Mera
610
Meru
1. Sam. 158, AvaN. 398.
5. KalpV. p. 247.
Mother of twelfth Cakkavatti, Harisena.1
1. Jam. 109.
Third Padisattu of the present Osappiņi in the Bharaha
Another name of Mamdara(3).1
Meruppabha (Meruprabha)
Meha's(1) previous life as an elephant born on the south bank of river Gamga in the Vimjhagiri region. On the occasion of a conflagration he remembered his previous life of an elephant called Sumeruppabha born in the valley of the Veyaddhagiri(2),1
1. Jna. 27.
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Meha (Megha ) Son of king Seniya(1) and queen Dhariņi(1) of Rayagiha. Since his mother had a pregnancy longing for clouds (megha-meha) he was named Meha. He got eight princesses in marriage. Once when Mahāvīra paid a visit to Rayagiha, he renounced the world and became his disciple. As his bed was spread at the corner near the door owing to frequent movements of other monks, he could not sleep during the whole night. This caused annoyance to him. He thought to re-enter the world and saw the Titthayara next morning in this connection. Mahāvīra told him how he tolerated troubles with patience and compassion in his previous birth as an elephant and got human life on that account. Meha realised the truth and stuck to asceticism. After death he took birth as a god in the Vijaya(21) heavenly abode, an Anuttaravimāṇa. In future he will attain liberatin in the Mahavideha region.1
1. Jna. 17-31, Vip. 33, VipA. p. 90, Anut. 1, Ant. 1, 6, AvaCu. I. pp. 258, 358 KalpV. pp. 31 ff., KalpDh. p. 30, Ava. p. 27.
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