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Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira then removed his doubts by explaining the correct interpretations of the verses of the Védas, and by actually showing him the Indras and other gods sitting in the assembly. The gods do not visit Agu el Manu. sya-loka,-Human Habitation,-because they are deeply engrossed in enjoying celestial pleasures and also because they cannot bear the intense stench of foul odour spreading out from human habitation. They, however, come into this world on the occasion of the celebration of Birth, Dikṣā, Kévala jñāna, Nirvāna, and such other auspicious occasions of a Tirthankara attracted as they usually are, by the superabundant overpowering influence of the presence of a Tirtharkara. But their-nonappearance in this world, does not prove their non-existence. He took #877 Diksā,-Initiation at the hands of śramang Bhagavān Mahavira along with his three hundred and fifty pupils.
Viaņadhara Mahārāja Mauryaputra was sixty-five years old when he renounced the world. He knew the various works of Jain Scriptures, as he had several Labdhis. After a period of fourteen years of ascetic life, Ganadhara Mauryaputra acquired times a Kévala Jñāna,-Perfect Knowledge,-at the age of seventy-nine.
Ganadhara Maharaja Mauryaputra remained a Kévali for Blixteen years and he acquired At Moksa Pada-the State of Pinal Emancipation when he was ninety-five years old.
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