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Gobara-gāma गोवरगाम ( Gobbra or Govaraya ) near राजगृह नगरी Rajagriha Nagari in the year 599 B C He was a Brahmin by caste and was well-versed in the four Védas and in the six in Upangas,-Supplemenetary Sciences.
He had five hundred pupils who were receiving instruction in various branches of learning under him. He was very often busy in performing various Yajñas,-Sacrifices to numerous gods and goddesses.
Vāyubhūti had a doubt about the relations of the Body and the Soul. When he heard that both his brothers Indrabhūti and Agnibhuti had become disciples of Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, he thought "He who has defeated both my brothers must necessarily be a afa Sarvajna,-Omniscient,-let me therefore go, and having bowed down respectfully before the Omniscient Lord, let me be free from my sins. I will also get my doubt solved by him. With this idea in his mind, Väyubhūti came to the Samavasarana of Śramaņa Bhagavan Mahāvīra accompanied by his five hundred pupils, and having bowed down respectfully before him, he took his seat near-by.
तज्जोवतच्छरीरे सन्दिग्धं वायुभूतिनामानम् ।
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Tajjiva-tacchariré sandigdham Vāyubhūti-nāmānam; Ucé vibhu-r-yathāstham Védā-rtham kim na bhavayası?
Śramana Bhagavan Mahāvīra then said "O Vayubhūti! You have a doubt about the Body and the Soul You think that the Body and the Soul is the same object. You say that the Soul is not distinct from the body as it is not grasped like a pot, by Pratyaksa,-Direct Knowledge, and other evidences, but that it is produced in the body like bubbles in water, and that it perishes with the body. But this idea of yours is not correct.
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