Vishkhabhuti, Viśākhabhūti: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Viśākhabhūti can be transliterated into English as Visakhabhuti or Vishakhabhuti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraViśākhabhūti (विशाखभूति) is the younger brother of king Viśvanandin and father of Viśvabhūti, according to chapter 4.1 [śreyāṃsanātha-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly:—“Now in the city Rājagṛha King Viśvanandin had a son, Viśākhanandin, by his wife Priyaṅgu. Viśvanandin had a younger brother, crown prince, Viśākhabhūti, intelligent, heroic, well-bred, politic. Marīci’s jīva became the son of Viśākhabhūti by his wife Dhāriṇī because of rewards gained in a former birth. His parents gave him the name Viśvabhūti and he gradually grew up, cherished by nurses. He learned all the arts and acquired all the virtues and gradually attained youth—the embodied ornament of the body”.
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Full-text: Vishakhanandin, Priyangu, Vishvanandin, Vishvabhuti, Dharini.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 10: Incarnation as Viśvabhūti < [Chapter I - Previous births of Mahāvīra]
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