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Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I

Mumana (मुमन) was the friend of the merchant Jīnadata, according to the Ratanapālarāsa by Sūra (Sūravijaya) (dealing with the lives of Jain teachers), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajas than between 1914 and 1919.—Accordingly, “[...] During Bhānumatī’s pregnancy the baby she bore grew but wealth decreased. Jīnadata had no other choice than to ask money from his friend Mumana, who accepted to lend money with great difficulty and under the condition that Jīnadata would entrust to him the future child, the only thing he possessed. The child was born and named Ratanapāla. Immediately after he was born, Mumana sent his men for the child. [...]”.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Full-text: Ratanapala, Kalamukha, Raula, Kalapuri.

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