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The Birth of Vardhamana
Chapter 4
The Prince Who Renounced

The Birth of Vardhamana

वर्धमान

The child was born at Kundagrama to King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala of the Jnatrika clan, and because the kingdom's prosperity is said to have grown from the time of his conception, he was named Vardhamana, meaning 'the one who increases.'
Invoking the sacred fire...