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there for some time. Then he moved on towards the Astăpada Mountain. On its top, he found a slab of stone and sat on it in the pádapopagamana posture. He renounced food and water. He observed fast for one month. This practice of observing occasional fasts of one month duration lasted all his life which spanned over eightyfour lakh years at the end of which kevalin Bharata attained salvation.
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