Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra
by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words
This page describes Fourth incarnation as a god which is the tenth 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.
Part 10: Fourth incarnation as a god
After he had practiced penance for a long time, he observed the fast pādapopagama[1] at the end, died, and became a powerful god in the heaven Mahendra. Ratnavatī also and the two younger brothers became chief-gods in the same place, sharing friendship with each other.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
See 1, n. 126 and II, p. 349.