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expiating for his sinful act even on his death-b31, he was born as a god in Mahāśukra dėva-loka-Seventeenth Previous Bhava as a brilliant god in Mahă-śukra dėva-loka with an age-limit of seventeen (17) sāgaropam years. Appen lix No. 4 containing Some Note-worthy Points about the Sixteenth Previous Bhava of Śramaņa Bhagavā, Mahāvira.
CHAPTER II. Eighteenth previous Bhava of śramaņa Bhagavan Mahāvira-Tripristha Vāsuddva-Queen Bhadrã-the chief consort of the king-(King Ripu prati-Šatru of Potanapura)gave girth to Acala Kumāra portended by four Great DreamsAfter a few years, birth of a daughter named Mrigāvati to Queen Bhadrā-When Mrigāvati altained youth and marriageable age, King Ripu prati-Šatru becoming greatly enamoured with her exquisite beauty and blooming charms, publicly and shamelessly contracted marriage with his own daughter disregarding violent protestations from Queen Bhadrā, Acala Kumāra, family-members, feudal princes, ministers, religious preceptors, and from a large majority of citizens, who were painfully grived at such an un-natural and utterly disgraceful alliance, and, having made her his chief queen, he began to enjoy worldly pleasures with her. Queen Bhadrā-the girl's mother-becoming displeased by this heinous act, and greatly distressed by public censure, went away to her parents' house in the Deccan and passed her days in mourning.
The parents of Queen Bhadrā were very wealthy. A nice town named Māhèśvari-complete with high city-walls, beautiful buildings, temples, dharmaśālās (inns for travellers ), cattlecamps, big market-places, and gardens inhabited by wealthy merchants-was built for her and it soon became a very flourishing city in the South.
By this heinous act on his part, King Ripu-prati-Satru, oame to be, afterwards, called Prajā-pati. (literally, husband of one's own progeny) by the people, on account of his having a desire of sexul intercourse with his own daughter. The soul of
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