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of will. He had the following twelve principal lay-votaries (1) Tāla, (2) Talapalamba, (3) Uvaviha, (4) Samviha, (5) Avaviha. (6) Udaa(1), (7) Namudaa. (8) Namudaa, (9) Anuvalaa, (10) Samkhavalaa (2), (11) Ayampula (2) and (12) Kayaraa. He had also dispute with Addaa(2) about Mahavira and he was defeated by the latters. See Ajiviya for the chief tenets ot the creed of Gosāla.9 See also Mahavira for further details.
6. Bha. 547-560, Vis. 1927-1947; 3062;
Upa. 36-44, AvaN. 473-494, AvaCu. I. pp. 271, 282-4, 287-299; SthA. pp. 457, 509, 522; KalpV. pp. 37 ff. NanH. p. 87.
Ghamtiya (Ghantika) 1. BrhBh. 1312, BrhKs. pp. 403-4.
2. Ghana
1. Ghana (Ghana) A celestial abode in Anayakappa where gods live for a maximum period of nineteen Sägaropama years.1
1. Sam. 19.
1. Jna. 151.
A merchant of Vāṇārasi.1
A Jakkha god worshipped by the Domba community.1
Ghanadaṁta (Ghanadanta)
1. Sth. 304, 698, Praj. 36.
2. Ghanavijjuya
1. Sth. 507.
7. Bha. 330.
8. SutN. 190, SutCu. p. 417.
9. The reader may be referred for fuller information to the History and Doctrine of Ajivikas by A. L. Basham.
1. Ghaṇavijjuya (Ghanavidyutā) One of the six principal wives of Dharana.1(1) In Nayadhammakaha Ghana(2) and Vijjuga(1) are mentioned as two separate queens of Dharana.2
1. Bha. 406, Sth. 508.
Ghanasiri (Ghanasri)
1. Jna. 151.
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An Amtaradiva.1
2. Jna. 151.
A Vijjukumāri-mahattariya goddess.1
Wife of merchant Ghana1(2).
1. Ghana (Ghana) Fourth chapter of the third sub-section of the second section of Nayadhammakahā.1
1. Jna. 151.
2. Ghaṇā
Daughter of Ghana (2) and Ghanasiri of Väṇārasi. She had renounced the world and become a disciple of Titthayara Pasa(1) After death she was born as a principal wife cf Dharana1(1)
See also Ghana vijjuyā(1).
1. Jna. 151.
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