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(15) Antagadādasao, Varga 6. (16) Bhagavati, Sataka 2, Uddesaka 1. (17) Based on Uttarajjhayanani, Adhyayana 23. (18) Bhagavati, Sataka 1, Uddes'aka 9. (19) Ibid, sãtaka 9, Uddeśaka 32. (20) Suyagadang, Sruta 2, Adhyayana 7. (21) Based on Trisastisalāka-puruşa-caritram,
Parva 10, Sarga 10. In the Jaina tradition, there are many legends and poems on Dhanya and Salibhadra.
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In Tirthankara Mahavira, Part II p. 509, Vijayendra Suri has called him as Udrayana. This is not correct. Compare, for instance, senam udayane raya. Also vide Bhagavati, Sa, 13, U6.
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After his initiation, we have the following account of his life:
The royal-monk practis ed severe penances. He underwent many fasts from one-day to 30 days durations. He enriched his soul by studies and meditations. Because of too many fasts and intake of coarse and dry food, his body became very thin and he lost his physical strength. He was frequently ill and his condition worsened. He could no longer study or mediate with the same ardentness as he previously did. The doctors suggested that he should take curd. As it would be easy for him to obtain curd from a cow-herds' village (gokula), the royal-monk begged from that village.
Once in the course of his wanderings, he visited his own city Vitabhaya. A wicked minister told King Kesi that the royal-monk had returned to recover his kingdom and he warned him to be very watchful. King Kesi took the counsel in all seriousness and issued strict orders that the former king should not be given shelter by anyone in the city. The royal
