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When, however, Arya Mandita approached śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira, with the object of removing his doubt, he was addressed thus.
अथ बन्धमोक्षविषये सन्दिग्धं मण्डिताभिधं विबुधम् । ऊचे विभुर्यथास्थं वेदार्थ किं न भावयसि ? ॥१॥
1. Atha Bandba Moksha visha yé sa ndigdbam Manditābbidham vibudbam; Uché vibhu i-yathāstham Védārtham kim na blāvayasi?
1. The Lord (Sramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvira ) told the learned man named Maņdita who had a doubt about in Bandha Bondage, and in Moksha, Freedom from Karmas, " Why do you not trace out the exact meaning of the verses of the Vedas?
Śrama ņa Bhagavān Mabāvira then removed his doubts by explaining the correct interpretation of the verses of the Védas. He took als Diksā, Initiation at the hands of Sramaņa Bhagavān Mabāvira, along with his three hundred and fifty pupils.
Gañadhara Mahārāja Mandita was fifty-three years old when be renounced the world. He then studied the various works of Jaina Scriptures for a number of years. After a period of fourteen years of ascetic life, Gañadhara Mandita acquired **R17 Kévala Gnāna, Perfect Knowledge at the nge of sixty-seven.
Ganadhara Mandita remained a Kévali for sixteen years and he acquired HIT Moksha Pada, the State of Final Emancipation when he was eighty-three years old.
