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Sriman Arya Suhasti Sūri went to svarga (heavens) in Mahavira Samvat 291.
During this, time that is to say, 220 years after the Nirvāṇa of Śram ana Bhagavan Mahāvīra, the fourth Nihnava .named Samucchedika had made his theory known and dvi kriyā vadī Ganga the fifth Nihnava appeared 208 years after the Nirvāņa of Śramana Bhagavan Mahāvīra.
NO 9. SRI SUSTHITA SŪRI AND
SRI SUPRATIBADDHA SŪRI
SRI SUSTHITA SŪRI
Life as a house-holder 31 years; Ascetic life 65 years out of this, he was a Muni for 17 years and a Yuga-pradhāna for 48 years; Life-limit 96 years; Svarga gamana in Mahāvīra Samvat 339. Gotra-Vyaghrāpatya-gotra.
Śrī Susthita Sūri and Sri Su-pratibaddha Sūri were disciples of one and the same Guru nemely of Śrīmān Arya Suhasti Sūri. Śrī Susthita Sūri was the chief disciple and successor and Śrī Supratibaddha Suri was taking care of the samudaya of sadhūs; and hence the names of both are joined together.
Śrī Susthita Sūri was born at Kākandi Nagar. The brilliant activity of his knowledge went on increasing soon after dikşă. As Arya Susthita Sūri had very carefully recited the text of the Sūri - mantra composed by Gaṇadhara Mahārāja Indrabhutai Gautama (Gautama Swāmi), one crore (ten million times) at Kākandı the Sri Sangha of Kākanḍî rejoicingly named the samudaya (the Congregation) of sadhūs of Arya Susthita Suri as a Kotika Gana
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