नीलाञ्जना की मृत्यु से वैराग्य हुआ था, पञ्चमुष्ठि केशलोंच कर दिगम्बर बने थे, साथ में चार हजार राजा दीक्षित हुये थे।

Detachment arose in him at the death of Nilanjana; plucking out his hair in five handfuls he became a Digambar, and with him four thousand kings took initiation.

— आराध्य सूत्र · #6