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Itte. The existence of hellish beings cannot be proved by the gator Pratyaksa Pramāṇa,-Direct Knowledge, but their presence can be judged by Serta Anumāna,-Inference and other proofs. He took at Diksā Initiation, at the hands of śramana Bhagavān Mahāvīra along with his three hundred pupils.
Ganadhara Mahārāja Akampita was forty-eight years old when he renounced the world. He readily knew the various works of Jain Scriptures. After a period of nine years of ascetic life, Gaņadhara Akampita acquired ma Kévala Jñāna,Perfect Knowledge,-at the age of fifty-seven.
Ganadhara Mahārāja Akampita remained a Kévali for twenty one years and he acquired 1879Mokşa Pada-the State of Final Emancipation-when he was seventy-eight years old.
GANADHARA ACALABHRĀTĀ
Canadhara Acalabhrātā of Eto Hărya-gotra, was the ninth Gapadhara of śramaņa Bhagavān Mahävira. He was born at Fore Košala. His father was ag Vasu and his mother was in Nandā. He was a Brāhmin by caste. He was wellversed in the four Védas and the six sytoys Upāngas,-Supplementary Sciences. He had three hundred pupils who were receiving instruction in various branches of learning under him.
Ārya Acalabhrātā had a doubt about goi Punya, -The reward of meritorious work,-and org Pāpa,-The evil consequences of wicked actions,-owing to misleading interpretations of verses of the Vedas.
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