Temple of Satrunjaya

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for his devt. He was born at Ayodhya, lived 4,000,000 years, and entered mokşa on Samet Sikhar, nine lakhs of crores of sägaras after the fourth Jina.
6. PADMAPRABHA was son of Sridhara by Susima; born at Kausambi; of the same race as the preceding, but of red complexion. His mark is the lotus (abja), and his devī is Syama. His height was 200 poles, and his age 3,000,000 years. His death took place also on Samet Sikhar 90,000 crores of sāgaras after the fifth Jina.
7. SUPARSVA was the son of Pratistha by Prithvi; born at Benares; of the same line as the preceding and of golden colour; his cognizance is the figure called svastika15 in Sanskrit, and sākhiyā in Gujarati. His devi was Santa, and he lived 2,000,000 years, his nirvāna on Samet Sikhar being dated 9,000 crores of sāgaras after the preceding.
8. CANDRAPRABHA was son of Mahasena by Laksmana, and was born at Candrapuri; of the race of Iksvaku, but of fair or white complexion; his sign is the moon (fast), and his devi, Bhrkuti; his height was 150 poles, and he lived 1,000,000 years, and his entrance into mokṣa or beatitude, took place 900 crores of sägaras later than the seventh Tirthankara.
9. PUSPADANTA, also named Suvidhi, was the son of Supriya 6 by Rama; he was born at Kakendrapura; of the same race and complexion with the last; his mark is a makara or crocodile, and his devi is Sutaraka. His stature was 100 poles, and his life lasted 200,000 years. He was deified on Samet Sikhar ninety crores of sägaras after Candraprabha.
15 The Sectaries of the mystic cross or svastika, or doctors of reason', were
the followers of the Pon religion, which prevailed in Tibet till the general introduction of Buddhism in the ninth century. Their doctrine, named Bonghutsios, has still professors in Kham-yul or Lower Tibet. Their founder was Chen-roebs. They are called Tao-sse in Chinese, and in the time of Fa-Hien appear to have existed also in India. The Tao-szu named Ai, is in Sanskrit Tapasvi and is stated to have visited the infant Buddha and drawn his horoscope. Conf. Remusat, Foe Koue Ki, pp. 208, 230, 231; Laidlay, Pilgrimage of Fa-Hien, pp. 200, 218; Asiat. Res., Vol. ii. p. 383; Csoma de Koros, Dictionary of the Tibetan Language, pp. 36, 94; Sykes, Jour. Roy Asiat. Soc., pp. 310, 334; or ‘Notes on the state of Ancient
India', pp. 64 and 88. 16 See Colebrooke. Hemacandra has Sugriva.-Abhidhana Cintamani, 37 (ed.
Boehtlingk and Rieu), p. 7.