Vahnijatin, Vahnijaṭin, Vahni-jatin: 1 definition
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Source: archive.org: TrisastisalakapurusacaritraVahnijaṭin (वह्निजटिन्) (or Jvalanajaṭin, Agnijaṭin) is the name of a Vidyādhara king, according to chapter 5.1 [śāntinātha-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly:—“Now there is a city Rathanūpuracakravāla, the ornament of the southern row on Mount Vaitāḍhya. There lived a king of the Vidyādharas, Jvalanajaṭin, whose magnificence was unequaled, resembling a flame in brilliance. His chief-queen was named Vāyuvegā, the supreme abode of Prīti, slow in gait like a swan. By this queen a son, who was named Arkakīrti from the sight of a sun in a dream, was borne to the king. In time he had a daughter, also, named Svayamprabhā, because of the sight in a dream of a digit of the moon by whose own light the sky was made white. [...]”.
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Full-text: Pushpaketu, Trijatin, Vimalamati, Agnijatin, Jvalanajatin.
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