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  LIFE OF SHRI CHANDRAPRABHUSWAMI

In his birth as king Padma of Mangalavati town of Dhatkikhand, the being that was to become Bhagavan Chandraprabh earned Tirthankar-nam-and-gotra-karma.  Spending a lifetime as a god in Anuttar Vijay dimension he descended into the womb of queen Lakshmana, wife of king Mahasen of Chandranana town.

During her pregnancy, one day the queen was looking at the splendorous and glowing full moon.  All of a sudden she had a strange desire to drink the glowing streak of moonlight.  The king cleverly managed to satisfy strange desire of a pregnant mother.

On the thirteenth day of the dark half of the month of Paush the queen gave birth to a healthy son who was fair and glowing like the moon.  He was named Chandraprabh (glow of the moon).

Chandraprabh was apathetic towards the mundane pleasures and princely grandeur.  After he ascended the throne his reign was short lived.  He became an ascetic in the prime of his youth and just after three months of acute spiritual practices he became an omniscient.  For a considerably long period he continued to enlighten the people and propagate the true religion.  When his end approached he went to Sammetshikhar and after a month long fast and meditation got liberated.

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