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 life time 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 splendors and glowing full-moon. All of
a sudden she had a strange desire to drink the
glowing streak of moon light. The king cleverly
managed to satisfy this 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 of
long fast and meditation got liberated.
