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Causalkd), towards tlie latter part of the third age. 

 He was the first kin£', first anchoret and first saint; 

 and is therefore entit'erl Pr^fhama R'{ja, Prafhama 

 Bhicshdcara, Prathama Jina. and Prafhama Tir- 

 fhancai^a. At the 'ime of his iiaMgnratiou as king, 

 his age was 2,000,(500 years. He reigned 5,300,000 

 years; and then resigned his empire to his sons: 

 and, having employed 100.000 years in passing 

 throuph the several stages of austerirv and sanctiu 

 departed from thjs world on tiic summit of a moun- 

 tain, named Asht'apoda. The diite of his apotheosis 

 was 3 years and 8^ months before tiie cud of tlie 

 third age, at the precise internal of one whole age 

 before the deification of the last Jina. 



2. Ajita was son of Jitasatru by Vijaya': 

 of the same race v/ith the first Jin'A, and represented 

 as of the like complexion ; with an elepha»it for his 

 distinguishing mark. His stature was 4/'0 poles; 

 and his life extended to 7,200,000 great years. His 

 deification took place, in the fourth age, when fifty 

 Hacshas of a^ors of oceans of years had elapsed out of 

 the tenth aor of crors *. 



3. Sa'mbhava was son ofJiTA'ai bySE'^A'; of 

 the same race and complexion with the preceding; 

 distinguished by a hor^e ; his stature was 400 po' s ; 

 he lived 6,000,000 years ; and he was deified 30 lac- 

 shas of C7^6rs of Sugaras after the second Jina. 



4. Abhinandana was sonof Sambara by Sidd'- 

 ha'rt'ha': he has an ape fcr his peculiar sign. His 

 stature was 300 poles ; and his life reached to 

 5,000,000 years. His apotheosis was later by 10 lac- 

 shas of croi's of Soo^aras than the fore^'oina;. 



* The divisions of xime have been noticed by MAJOR Macken- 

 zie, p. "257, «nd will be further explaiued. 



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