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Kuru
Kumma (Kūrma) Fourth chapter of (the first section of) Ņāyādhammakahā.1
1. Sam. 19, Jna. 5. Kummaggāma (Kūrmagrāma) A place visited by Titthayara Mahāvīra along with Gosāla. He went there from Siddhatthagāma. Here the latter had to
and suffer the dangerous results of the anger of Tavasa(4) Vesiyāyaṇa. However, Mahāvīra with his super-human power saved Gosāla. Its other names are Kummāragăma(2) and Kumdaggāma(3),2 1. Bha. 544, AvaCu. I. p. 298, AvaN. 2. Bha. 542, 543, AvaN. 493.
494, KalpV. p. 167, Bha. 542. 1. Kummāragama (Kūrmāragrāma) See Kammāragāma.1
1. Aca. 2. 179. 2. Kummāragāma (Kūrmāragrāma) See Kummaggāma.
1. Bha. 542. 1. Kummāputta (Kūrmiputra) A man of the height of two ratnis who attained emancipation.
1. Vis. 3842, Visk. p. 890. 2. Kummāputta Asage in Aritthaņemi's tirtha, recognised as a Patteyabuddha.1
1. Risi. 7, Risi (Sangrahaņi).
Kurada (Kurata) See Ukkuruda. 1
1. AvaCu. I. p. 601.
Kurā (Kuru) See Kuru(1).'
1. Jiv. 147. 1. Kuru Two sub-regions of this name in Mahāvideha of Jambuddīva. They are Uttarakuru(1) and Devakuru, situated to the north and south of mount Mamdara(3) respectively.
1. Sth. 86, 89, Jiv. 147, Tir. 26, Mar. 251, Mahan. p. 60. 2. Kuru An Āriya country with its capital at Gayapura." King Adīņasattu(1) reigned there.? Usuyāra(3) was an old city in this country. It is also known as Kurukhetta. It can be identified with the land between the rivers Sarasvati and Dęşadvatī in the Eastern Punjab. Pañcāla was situated to the east of Kuru. 1. Praj. 37, SutSi.p. 123, KalpV. p. 238, 3. UttN. p. 394, UttCu. p. 220, Utts. KalpDh. P, 153, JnaA. p. 125,
p. 395. SthA. p. 479.
4. BrhBh. 1858, NisBh. 4101. 2. Sth. 564.
5. See SGAMI. pp. 102-103.
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