Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra
by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words
This page describes Eleventh incarnation as a god which is the eighth part of chapter IV of the English translation of the Shantinatha-caritra, contained within the “Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra”: a massive Jain narrative relgious text composed by Hemacandra in the 12th century. Shantinatha in jainism is the sixteenth Tirthankara (Jina) and one of the 63 illustrious beings or worthy persons.
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Part 8: Eleventh incarnation as a god
His life completed, Megharatha went to the palace Sarvārthasiddhi; and his brother also, after some time had elapsed, observed a fast and, pure in heart, reached that same abode (Sarvārthasiddhi), which is next to emancipation.[1]
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I.e., a life in Sarvārthasiddhi would be followed by the last incarnation. See Text Corrections. No MS that I have seen has the text of the printed edition.