Book Title: Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2
Author(s): Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication

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________________ 474 near Vaisāli, and took Bhāgavati Dikşā at the pious of the hands Worshipful Lord. 3. Final Visit of Gośālaka śramana Bhagavāna Mahavira had put up at Kostaka Caitya of Śrävasti Nagari Gośālaka had previously come to Śravasti He was living in the shop of a potteress named Haláhala. After his separation from Śramana Bhagavāna Mahåvira, Gośālaka was living at Śrāvasıt. He acquired a knowledge of Tejoleśyā and of Nimitta Sastra (Science af Augury) at Śrãaasti, and at Śrāvastî also, he had the first notion of declaring himself as a Tirthankara. Cośālaka had two prominent devotees at Śrāvasti Nagari, One was the potteress Hälähala and the other was a merchant named Ayampula. Whenever Gośālaka came to Śrāvasti, he was living at the house of the potteress Hälahala. Two years after the Diksā of Śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahavira himself, Gośālaka went to the worshipful Lord, and he himself became a self-made pupil of the Lord. He was not given Bhagavatî Dîksă. He stayed for nearly six years with śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvira, ard he used to accompany hin: wherever he went. After separation from the Venerable Lord, he lived alone for two years, and for the last sixteen years he had, been proclaining himself as a Tirthankara and he has been preaching the tenets of Ajivila Doctrine During this twenty-fourth year. he passed his rainy season at the shop of the potteress Hålāhala. Even after the close of the rainy season, he was staying at Srã. vasti Nagari During the time that Gośālaka stayed with Sramaņa Bhagavāna Mahavira, he was smart and full of curiosity, and he was attached to Sramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvira. He was praising the the magnanimity of the austerities of śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahāvīra. He did not censure any ascetic who did not reach the Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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