One of their mothers had a bizarre desire to drink moonlight during her pregnancy with him, and so that figure's symbol was the moon.
One of their mothers had a bizarre desire to drink moonlight during her pregnancy with him, and so that figure's symbol was the moon. Another had a female water buffalo as his symbol. Yet another once encountered a talking pigeon that sought refuge from a falcon that needed food to survive, so he gave up his own flesh to save both pigeon and falcon. Their birth is celebrated by a gathering of the gods at the Nandishvara dvipa, which contain the fifty two sanctuaries, with thirteen that point towards each direction. Each has their own heaven and attendant spirits, and they include Chandraprabha, Vasupujya, and Shantinath. Munisuvrata is the twentieth, and his predecessor Mallinath is controversial since that one is claimed to be a female by the Svetambaras. For 10 points, name these enlightened ascetics, the twenty-fourth of whom was Mahavira, the spiritual teachers of Jainism.
One of their mothers had a bizarre desire to drink moonlight during her pregnancy with him, and so that figure's symbol was the moon.
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