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vira is a Sarvajan. He is a Tirthankara. Ht is very pious and accustomed to severe austerities.' Now, he became defident about his acquired knowledge. The more doubtful he became of his knowledge, the more steadily he began to lose his Vibhaiga jñāna. Within a short time, Pudgala Parivrājaka came to readise that the Vibhanga Jñāna that he had acquired was simply a delusion of mind.
Now, Pudgala Parivrājaka went to Sankha-vana Udyāna with the object of taking the shelter of śramana Bhagavāna Mahävira Entering the Samavasaraṇa he made salutations with due ceremony to the Worshipful Lord, and going three times round him from right to left by way of a pradaksiņā, he took his seat at a suitable place.
On hearing the preaching, the faith of Pudgala Parivrājaka in Jaina Dharma became more steady. He took Bhāgavati Diksă at the pious hands of Sramana Bhagavāna Mahāvira and gladly joined the Order of Monks He studied the Eleven Angas of the Jaina Siddhantas, and having become free from a majority of Karmas, he died in perfect calmness.
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3 Vrata-grahaņa of Cullašataka. At this time, Cullasataka a millionaire of Alambhika Nagari and his wife Bahulă took the Twelve Vows of a House-holder, along with a number of males and females at the blessed hands of Śramapa Bhagavāna Mahāvira.
At Alambhikā, there lived a millionaire named Cullagataka, with his wife Bahula. He possessed wealth and cow-pens similar to that owned by Kama-déva Śrāvaka. Now, Cullašataka accepted the Twelve Vows of a House-holder from Sramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvīra and he piously observed the Eleven Stages of Spiritual Advancement for a house-holder. He experienced an annoyance from an evil god similar to that created for Cullani
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