Prakrit Proper Names Part 1

SR No.: 001125
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mohanlal Mehta, K R Chandra, Dalsukh Malvania
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 504
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Dictionary, & Dictionary - Language
File Size: 9 MB

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Cakkavattivijaya
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conceiving him. Cakkavattis never take birth in the families of lower status. They take birth in the ksatriya-kula. A Cakkavatti is always superior to a Vāsudeva(1) and inferior to a Titthamkara in all respects.10 He is twice stornger than a Vasudeva.11 He bears 1008 lucky marks or signs.12 In worldly pleasures and prosperity none can compete him.13 In Jambuddiva there exist four Cakka vattis at the minimum and sometimes this number reaches to thirty at the maximum i. e. there are four permanent Cakkavattis in Mahāvideha whereas there are sometimes twenty-eight in Mahāvideha and two in Bharaha(2) and Eravaya(1).14 In every Osappiņi and Ussappiņi twelve Cakkavattis are born in Eravaya(1) as well as in Bharaha(2).15 Eleven of them appear in the Dusamasū sama eral and one in Susamadūsamā.17 A Cakkavatti is also known as Cakkahara, 18 and Cakki.19
The names of the twelve Cakkavattis of the Bharaha(2) region of this Osappiņi are as follows :
Bharaha(1), Sagara, Magha vā(1), Sanamkumāra(3), Samti, Kumthu(1), Ara, Subhūma(1), Mahāpauma(4), Harisena(1), Jaya(1) and Bambhadatta(1).20
The names of the twelve would-be Cakkavattis of the Bharaha(2) region are as follows : Bharaha(7), Dihadamta(3), Gūdhadamta(3), Suddhadamta(1), Siriutta or Siricamda(2), Siribhūi, Sirisoma, Pauma(7), Mahāpauma(3), Vimalavāhaņa(2), Vipulavähộa or Viulavāhaņa(1) and Varittha 21 8. Bha. 578.
15. Sam. 158, 159, Avaču. I. p. 215, 9. Kalp. 17-18, AvaCu. I. p. 239, Vis.
Tir. 558 ff. 1846. 10. AvaN. 571, AcaCu. p. 155, SutSi.
16. Jam. 34, 40. pp. 166, 171.
17. Jams. pp. 166, 177. 11. AvaN 75, Vis. 801.
18. Sam. 147, AvaN. 74. 12. NisCu. III. p. 383, Tan. 14.
19. AvaN. 422. 13. Vis. 2590.
20. Sam. 158, AvaN. 374-5. 14. Jam. 173, Jams. p. 537, Sth, 89. 21. Sam. 159, Tir. 1124-5. Cakkavattivijaya (Cakravartivijaya) A territory or district, which a Cakkavatti conquers. There are in all thirty-four such territories, thirty-two in Mahāvideha and the other two being Bharaha(2) and Eravaya(1) in Jambuddiva. Each Cakkavattivijaya of Mahāvideha is 165921- yojanas long and somewhat less than 2213 yojanas broad. It is identical with Vijaya(23). For the names of the thirty-two districts of Mahāvideha see Mahāvideha. 1. Sam. 34, SamA. p. 62, Jams. pp. 341-2, Jam. 93, 95, 102, Sth. 637, Jiv. 141.
See also Sam. 68. Cakkahara (Cakradhara Same as Cakkavatti.1
1. Sam. 147, Avan. 74, Vis. 800. Cakkāuba (Cakrāyudha) First Gañadharal (principal disciple) of Samti the sixteenth Titthamkara.
1. Sam. 157, Tir. 451, Uttk. p. 332. .