Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra
by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words
This page describes Previous births of Jaya which is the second part of chapter XIII of the English translation of the Jain Ramayana, contained within the “Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra”: a massive Jain narrative relgious text composed by Hemacandra in the 12th century. This Jain Ramayana contains the biographies of Rama, Lakshmana, Ravana, Naminatha, Harishena-cakravartin and Jaya-cakravartin: all included in the list of 63 illustrious beings or worthy persons.
Part 2: Previous births of Jaya
There was a king, named Vasundhara, in the city Śrīpura in Airavata in this same Jambūdvīpa. Depressed in mind by the death of his wife Padmavatī, he installed his son, Vinayandhara, on the throne. Hearing true doctrine, enlightened, he became a mendicant at the side of Muni Varadharma in the grove Manohara. He practiced mendicancy properly for a long time, died, and became a god in the seventh heaven.