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spending 5 lakh pūrva as youth (kumārakāla), Lord Supārsvanātha ruled His kingdom for 14 lakh pūrva and 20 pūrvānga (rājyakāla).
Lord Supārsvanātha then took leave from all worldly engagements to tread the difficult path that entails observing great vows and austerities with pure heart and, as a result, reaches one to the supreme status that has no parallel in the three worlds - Omniscience (kevalajñāna).
Lord Supārsvanātha attained liberation (nirvāṇa) from Sammeda Sikhara on the sixth day of the dark half of the month of Phālguna – phālguna kışņa şaşthi.
The Chief Apostle of Lord Supārsvanātha was Baladatta Svāmī. Lord Supārsvanātha lived for 20 lakh pūrva.
By making obeisance to You, O Lord Supārsvanātha, I attain unruffled peace of mind, speech and body.
Lord Candraprabha
Saudharma Indra, the lord of the first heaven, came to know through his clairvoyance (avadhijñāna) that only six months of the 33 sāgaropama life of the Ahamindra in the super-heaven Vaijayanta remained and that he was destined to take birth as the eighth Tīrthankara in Candrapurī town of the Bharata region. Subordinate deva Kubera started the process of raining down gems in the royal palace of King Mahāsena to pronounce the coming of the World Teacher.
In due course, Queen Lakṣmaṇā saw the most auspicious sixteen dreams and the devas came down to rejoice and celebrate the garbha kalyāņaka of the Lord of the Lords, Bhagavān Candraprabha. Nine months later, on the eleventh day of the dark half of the month of Paușa – pausa krşņa ekādaśī – the devas and devis descended again from the heavens to join men and women to
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