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
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Nabhasena (Nabhasena). Grandson of king Uggasena. He seems to be Dhapadeva (5). 1. Visk. p. 412, AvaCu.. I. p. 112, Aval. p. 94, Mar. 433. In VisK. he is mentioned
as a son of Uggasena, which seems to be a mistake.
1. Nami (Nami). Twenty-first Titthamkara of the current Osappiņi (descending cycle) in the Bharaba (2) region. He was son of king Vijaya (9) and his queen Vappā (2) of Mihilā.? In his previous birth hel was3 Adiņasattu(4). His height was fifteen dhanusas. He had the complexion of heated gold." He had taken to asceticism accompanied by one thousand men in the Sahasambavana(4) park. He was carried in Devakurā palanquin. His contemporary in Eravaya (1) was Sāmakottha.? He accepted first alms at Virapura from Dinpa(1)8. His sacred tree was bakula (a cacid). He had under him seventeen groups of ascetics, the same number of group-leaders, 10 twenty thousand monks and forty-one thousand nuns.11 Subha(2) and Amalā(1) were his principal male and woman disciples.12 He attained liberation at the end of his age of ten thousand years.13 (21 thousand as a prince and 5 thousand as a king). 1. Ava, p. 4, Nan.v. 19, Sth, 411, 8. Sam. 157. AvaN. 329.
AvaN371, 419, Tir. 332, Vis. 1759, 9. Sam. 157, Tir. 407. Kalp. 184, Sam. 39, 41,157.
10. Sam. 17, AvaN. 269, According to 2. Sam. 157, AvaN. 386, 389, Tir. 483.
Titthogali this number is eleven 3. Sam. 157.
(454). 4. Sam. 15, AvaN. 380, Tir. 364.
11. AvaN. 258 ff. 5. AvaN. 377, Tir. 353.
12. Sam. 157, Tir. 454, 462. 6. Sam. 157, AvaN. 225, Tir. 393.
13. Sth. 735, Avan. 272-305. 7. Tir. 332.
2. Ņami King of the city of Mihilā in Videha(2). He renounced the world
that more than one bangle do collide and make sound whereas a single bangle does not. He is regarded as a Patteyabuddha.! 1. UttN. Ch. 9, 18.45; UttCu. pp. 177 ff. UttN. p. 299, AvaBh. 208, 214; AvaCu.
I. p. 75, II. pp. 207-8, Sut. 1.3.4.2, SutCu. p. 120. In the Pali literature also he is recognised as a Pratyekabudha. See Nimi in DPPN.
3. Nami Son of Kaccha (2) and grandson of Usabha (1). He demanded his share of kingdom from Usabha. Dharana(1), an indra of Ņāgakumāras pursuaded him not to insist on his demand and bestowed on him several lores (vidyās). He along with Viņami established a number of towns in the ranges of mount Veyaddha and reigned there. Later he fought a battle with Cakkavatti Bharaha (1) and surrendered to him.? 1. Avaču. I. pp. 160-2, AvaN. 317, 2. AvaCu. I. pp. 200-1, Jam. 64.
Kalpy. p. 238, KalpDh. p. 153.