Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra
by Helen M. Johnson | 1931 | 742,503 words
This page describes Birth of Purushasimha which is the eleventh part of chapter V of the English translation of the Shri Dharmanatha-caritra, contained within the “Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra”: a massive Jain narrative relgious text composed by Hemacandra in the 12th century. Shri Dharmanatha in jainism is one of the 63 illustrious beings or worthy persons.
Part 11: Birth of Puruṣasiṃha
Now, Vikaṭa’s soul fell from the second heaven and entered Ammakā’s womb, with a birth of a Viṣṇu indicated by seven dreams. At the right time she bore a son with full auspicious marks, dark blue like a sapphire, like a river bearing a blue lotus. The king gave him the name Puruṣasiṃha because “he is a lion among men with remarkable valor.”