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sixteenth heaven, prior to her last human birth when she would attain salvation from the male form!
With Jaya Varmā many of his younger brothers, Vijaya, Jayanta, Sanjayanta and others, and many princes gave up the life of the world to follow the Path, and take the shaping of their destiny in their own hands, from those of the blind and unmerciful nature!
King Akampana, too, of Varānasi, the. father of Sulochanā and the establisher of the Swayamvara ceremony in this half-cycle, about this time felt an overwhelming disgust for the life of the world, and sought refuge at the Worshipful Feet of the WORLD TEACHER from perpetual death. He placed his son, Hemangada, on the throne, and proceeded to the Lord's. Samavasarana, where he became a naked saint. His queen Suprabhā also became a nun at the same time.
