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During the Twenty-third Previous Bhava, he was Priyamstra Cakravartin. During the latter part of his life Priya-mitra Cakravartin took Bhāgavati Dīksā, and as Priya-mitra Muni, he led & strict exemplary ascetic life, and observed sever austerities for thousands of years.
During the Twenty-fourth Previous Bhava, the soul of Nayasăra, as Priya-mitra Mund of the preceding bhava, was born as a beautiful god in Sarvārtha Vimăna of Maha Sukra déva-loka.
Descending from Saryártha Vimāna, the soul of Priyamitra Muni was born as Nandana Kumāra in the royal family of King Jita Satru of Chatră Nagari, during the Twenty-fifth Previous Bhava of śramana Bhagavān Mahavira. Nandana Kumara was installed as a king by his father, King Nardana governed his kingdom very judiclously. He was merciful and benevolent. Renouncing the worldly pleasures of excellent royal wealth King Nandana had Bbägavati Dilşa, As Nandana Muni, be led an exemplary ascetic life and practised sever austeries. He had 1180 645, fastings of one month each and be carefully worshipped all the twenty sthgnakas of Visa-sthānaka Pada Tapa, and be thereby earned for himself, Tirthankara Nāma Goira Karma ( a highly auspicious-but extremety rars-Karma of being born as a Tirthankara.
During the Twenty-sixth Previous Bhava of Sramapa Bhagavān Mahāvira, the soul of Nayasāra of the First Bhava, was born as an affluent god in Puspottara Vimāna of Prāņat déva-loka ( Tenth svaraga-loka ) with an age-limit of twenty Sagaropams.
After completing his age-limit as a celestial beldg, the the soul of Nayasära, having descerded from the Prāņat dévaloka, took the form of a foetus in the womb of Brakmaņi Dévānandā, wife of Brāhmaṇa-Risabhs-datta of Kodāla-gotra, in Māhana Kunda-grama Nagara on the sixth day of the bright balf of Āşāda-mārr, during the Twenty-seventh Bbaya of Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira.
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