Page 13 - Jain Jyotirdhar Chitra Darshan

[13] AVANTI SUKUMAL
(Sacrifice)

(1) Once Arya Suhastiji was revising the lesson of Nalini Gulma
at a horses stable late in the night. Avanti heard this recital
and remembered his past life. (2) He renounced the world and
became a Jain Monk. At night he took anshan (fasting until
death) and started meditating in the graveyard. There, his
previous birth’s wife, a vixen (fox’s female) started eating his
legs and reached his stomach. He died with samadhi (high
level of peace of mind) and reached Nalinigulm –a heavenly
home. When Avanti’s present births mother and his wives came
to know about his death they wept bitterly. (3)They completed
the burial ceremonies. (4)They reached the Guru and listened
to his sermons. (5). All of them, except one (who was pregnant)
of his wife, renounced world. (6) The pregnant wife gave birth
to a son. A temple of Avanti Parshvanath (23 Tirthankara-God)
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was constructed at a place where Avantisukumal was buried.