Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra

by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words

This page describes Second incarnation as a god which is the third part of chapter I of the English translation of the Neminatha-caritra, contained within the “Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra”: a massive Jain narrative relgious text composed by Hemacandra in the 12th century. Neminatha in jainism is the twenty-second Tirthankara (Jina) and one of the 63 illustrious beings or worthy persons.

At the end of a month they died and became very powerful gods, Sāmānikas of Śakra[1] in the heaven Saudharma. Dhana’s brothers, Dhanadeva and Dhanadatta, and also others, whose vows were unbroken, died, and became gods in Saudharma.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

See II, p. 125 for the Sāmānikas.

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