Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra
by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words
This page describes Incarnation as god which is the eleventh part of chapter I of the English translation of the Mahavira-caritra, contained within the “Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra”: a massive Jain narrative relgious text composed by Hemacandra in the 12th century. Mahavira in jainism is the twenty-fourth Tirthankara (Jina) and one of the 63 illustrious beings or worthy persons.
Part 11: Incarnation as god
Viśvabhūti completed his life of a crore of years and, dying without confessing that (the nidāna), became a god with a maximum life-term in Mahāśukra.