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Ganadhara Mauryaputra.
Ganadhara Mauryaputra of 1 Kasyapa gotra was the seventh Ganadhara of Śramana Bhagavan Mahavira. He was born at Maurya-gāma. His mother was विनया देवी Vijaya-dévi, the wife of Dhanadéva, and mother of Mandita and his father was at Maurya of Kasyapa gotra, with whom she had re-married after the death of her first husband. He was a Brahmin by caste. He was well-versed in the four Védas and the six ins Upangas-the Supplementary Sciences He had three hundred and fifty pupils who were receiving instruction in various branches of learning under him.
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Arya Mauryaputra had a doubt in his mind about the existence of a Déva, Gods-Celestial Beings caused by various contradictory verses in the Védas.
When, however, Arya Mauryaputra approached Śrama na Bhagavan Mahavira with the object of removing his doubt he was addressed thus
अथ देवविषय सन्देहसंयुतं मौर्यपुत्रनामानम् । ऊचे विभुर्यथास्थं वेदार्थ किं न भावयसि ? ।। १ ।।
1. Atha Déva-vishaya sandéha samyutam Mauryaputra nāmānam; Uché vibhu r-yathastham Védartham kim na bhavayasi?
1. The Lord (Śramane Bhagavan Mahavira) told the learned man named Mauryaputra who had doubts on the subject of celestial beings Why do you not trace out the exact meaning of the verses of the Védas?
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