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The Tirtha (Moral Order) and the Tirthankar
On the eleventh day of the moon of Vaisakh, the second month of Indian calendar, Lord Mahavira reached Madhyam Pawa He stayed at Mahasena garden 1 He was alone externally and internally, both He had no disciple with himself, nor any attendant
The Lord has hitherto devoted himself to the spiritual pursuits Now was the moment of its culmination Now all the time was his A spontaneous urge for the commonweal flooded his heart
A Brahmin named Saumil lived at Madhyam Pawa He organised a large Yagna ( sacrificial rite) Eleven Knowledgeable pundits were invited to perform the Yagna
Indrabhuti, Agnibhuti and Vayubhuti were real brothers They belonged to Gautam partonymic They resided at Gobar village in Magadh They had 500 disciples each
Two scholars arrived from Kollaga One was Vyakta and the other Sudharma Vyakta was from Bharadwaja patronymic and Sudharma from Agni-Vaisyayan They had no less than five-hundred disciples each
Two scholars arrived from Maurya province One was called Mandit and the other Mauryaputra Mandit was from Vashistha patronymic and Mauryaputra from Kasyap They had three-hundred and fifty disciples each
1 'Awashyakchurni 1 pt p 324
