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APPENDIX 4
MONSOON HALTS OF BHAGAVAN MAHAVIRA
APPENDIX 3
FAMILY OF BHAGAVAN MAHAVIRA Note - According to the Shvetambar tradition Bhagavan Mahavira was nurtured in the wombs of two mothers who were Brahmin and Kshatriya respectively. As stated in Kalpasutra he had married and had a daughter. According to the Digambar tradition Bhagavan Mahavira had only one mother Trishala and he had remained unmarried.
Sr. Place No.
The year The year"
of before aceticism Christ
State inCognito
and of absolute
enlightenment
Relation
Name
Place
Gotra
incognito
First mother
564 - 563 563 - 562 562 - 561 561 - 560
First father Second mother
* father
1. Asthika 2. Nalanda 11 3. Champa 4. Prishtha Champa 5. Bhadrika (Puri) 15 6. Bhadrika 7. Alabhika 8. Rajagriha 9. Praneeta Bhumi
(Anarya) 10. Shravasti 11. Vaishali 12. Champa
557 - 556
Devananda Brahminkunda Jalandhar
Gam Rishabhadatta
Kodal Trishala Videha territory Vasishtha Siddhartha Kshatriya kunda Gam
Kashyapa Nandivardhana Jyeshtha Vaishali
Vasishtha Sudarshana Kshatriyakunda
Gam Yashoda
Kaundinaya Priyadarshana "
Kashyapa Sheshvati
Elder brother Sister-in-law Sister
556 - 555 555 - 554 554 - 553 553 - 552
Wife Daughter Granddaughter Uncle Son-in-law
Absolute enlighten
ment
Suparshva Jamali
Kshatriyakunda Gam
552 - 551 551 - 550 550 - 549 549 - 548 548 - 547 547 - 546 546 - 545
544
543 543 - 542 542 - 541 541 - 540 540 - 539 539 - 538
545
544 -
• Gotra refers to the original religious head in the genelogy
Bhagavan Mahavira belonged to Kashyapa Gotra. • It is really amazing that the name of the maternal grand father of Bhagavan Mahavira is not yet discovered. Many authors have remained contented by introducing Trishala as the sister of Chetaka, the ruler of the state of Videha. The problem of Trishala can be solved if the names of the parentsis of Chetaka come to light. Nothing more is known about Devananda, the first mother. Details about Yashoda the wife of Bhagavan Mahavira are also still in the dark. Bhagavan Mahavira had only
one daughter, one brother and one sister. • The daughter of Bhagavan Mahavira was also bearing a
third name Jyeshthali. • Devananda and Rishabhadatta, the first parents of
Bhagavan Mahavira got redemption in the same life by
doing penace after being initiated by Bhagavan Mahavira. • As Trishala hailed from the state of Videha she was also
known as Videhadinnals as well as Vishalali • It is a known fact that Yashoda was the daughter of the
chieftain Samaravira of Vasantapura-while she has been described as the daughter of the Kshatriya King of Malava in the text Danadikulaka written by Davendrasuri
but the name of the King and the city are anonymous. • A town is known as 'Gam' in Prakrit and 'Gram' in
Sanskrit.
13. Rajagriha 14. Vaishali 15. Vanijya Gam 16. Rajagriha 17. Vanijya Gam 18. Rajagriha 19. Rajagriha 20. Vaishali 21. Vanijya Gam 22. Rajagriha 23. Vanijya Gam 24. Rajagriha 25. Mithila 26. Mithila 27. Mithila 28. Vanijya Gam 29. Vaishali 30. Vanijya Gam 31. Vaishali 32. Vaishali 33. Rajagriha 34. Nalanda Raj 35. Vaishali 36. Mithila 37. Rajagriha 38. Nalanda Rajo 39. Mithila 40. 41. Rajagriha 42. Pava Madhyama
(Pavapuri)
523 - 522
nous text of Kalpas Bhadrika during state of Anga
13 The father of Chetaka was keka and his mother was Yashomati as men
tioned in Shrenika Kathanka (verse 165) in Brihatkathakosha by
Harisenacharya. 14. See Vishe. Bha. Commentary. Kalpasutra does not mention this name. 15. See Kalpasutra, aphorism 11. 16. See Abhayadeviya commentary on Bhagavatisutra S1. 2. UU. Pra 246
and also Danashekhari commentary P. 44. Sutrakritanga-Shilanka commentary P. 78
17. The years quoted here are as mentioned in the book-Shramana Bhagavan
Mahavira, 18. Nalanda was the famous suburb of Rajagriha. 19. According to the original text of Kalpasutra - DO BHADDIYAE it is
certain that Bhagavan Mahavira stayed at Bhadrika during both the fifth and the sixth monsoon Bhadrika was the capital of the state of Anga Avashyaka sut rakar mentions one monsoon at Bhadrika and the other at Bhaddila which was the capital of the State of Malaya. The monsoon at
Bhaddila should be taken as the fifth one. 20. Sorne refer to it as Alambhika but both the places are identical. 21. Bhagavan Mahavira delivered man of his religious discourses including
the recitation of Kalpasutra (regarding code of conduct) at Gunasheela
Chaitya at Nalanda, on the open space attached to it, the place being iden1 tified by the holy place of Gunasheela Chait ya. 122. The original name was Apapapuri.
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