Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra
by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words
This page describes Candraprabha’s moksha (emancipation) which is the twelfth part of chapter VI of the English translation of the Candraprabha-caritra, contained within the “Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra”: a massive Jain narrative relgious text composed by Hemacandra in the 12th century. Candraprabha in jainism is one of the 63 illustrious beings or worthy persons.
Part 12: Candraprabha’s mokṣa (emancipation)
When the Master had wandered as a kevalin for a lac of pūrvas less twenty-four aṅgas and three months, he went to Mt. Sammeta. Together with a thousand munis the Lord undertook a fast and attended by gods and asuras, continued in this state for a month. Engaged in immovable meditation with suppression of all activity, the four karmas prolonging existence having been destroyed instantly, on the seventh day of the black half of Nabha, the moon being in conjunction with Śravaṇa, the Master and the munis went to the final abode.
As prince he lived two and a half lacs of pūrvas; as king, six and a half lacs of pūrvas plus twenty-four aṅgas; in the vow he passed a lac of pūrvas less twenty-four aṅgas. So the total age of Lord Candraprabha was ten lacs of pūrvas. The nirvāṇa of Śrī Candraprabha took place nine hundred crores of sāgaras after Supārśva Svāmin’s nirvāṇa.
The Indras performed properly the funeral rites of the Lord, who had attained emancipation as described, and of the munis, and returned to heaven.