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Bhaddabāhu
2. Bhaddajasa One of the twelve disciples of preceptor Suhatthi(1).1 The line of Uļuvāļiyagaņa originated from him. He belonged to the Bhāraddāya(4) gotra.? 1. Kalp. p. 258.
I 2. Ibid. p. 259. 1. Bhaddaņaṁdi (Bhadranandí) Second chapter of the second section of Vivāgasuya.
1. Vip. p. 33.
2. Bhaddanamdi Son of king Dhaņāvaha(2) and queen Sarassai(1) of Usabhapura(2). He was married to five hundred princesses, Siridevi(11) being the chief among them. In his previous birth he was a resident of Pumdarigini city in the Mahāvideha region. There he had offered alms to Titthamkara Jugabāhu(2) and consequently obtained the life of Bhaddanamdi. He will take one more birth in Mahāvideha and attain salvation there.
1. Vip. 34. 3. Bhaddaħandi Eighth chapter of the second section of Vivāgasaya.1
1. Vip. 33. 4. Bhaddanamdi Son of king Ajjuņpa (3) and his queen Tattavati of the town of Sughosa(5). His marriage took place with five hundred princesses. Siridevi(12) was his chief wife. He was merchant Dhammaghosa(9) in the town of Mahäghusa in his life herebefore. There he gave alms, to ascetic Dhammasiha(1) and consequently got the life of prince Bhaddanamdi. He took initation from Titthayara Mahavira. In future he will attain emancipation in Mahāvideba.
1. Vip. 34.
1. Bhaddabāhu (Bhadrabāhu) One of the two principal diciples of preceptor Jasabhadda(2). He belonged to the Pāiņ, lineage. Four of his disciples who were initiated by him at Rāyagiha, died in a cave of Vebhāragiri mountain near it.Thalabhadda, a disciple of Sambhūivijaya(4) who was the first principal disciple of Jasabhadda had been to Nepāla to learn Ditthivāya from Bhaddabāhu who was engaged in the mahāpāna-mahāprāna meditation there.3 Bhaddabāhu, however, tought him the fourteen Puyvas (an important portion of Ditthivāya) withholding the meaning of the last four texts for some reason and he was not allowed to teach the last four 1. Nan. v. 24, Kalp (Therāvali). 6,
impending famine of twelve years DasaCu. p. 5, NanM. p. 49, KalpV.
duration. He initiated Emperor p. 251.
Chandragupta Maurya. Both of 2. UttN. and Utts. p. 89, UttCu. p. 56.
them had samadhi-maraņa at Sravana 3. According to the Digambra tradition
Belgola --See Jain Sahitya kā Itihasa, Bhadrabahu along with the Samgha
Pūrva Pithikā by Pt. Kailash Chandra migrated to the south on account of
shastri pp. 342-346.
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