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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Divāyaṇa
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1. Dīvāyaṇa (Dvaipayana) A Brahmin mendicant1 who attained emancipation while not abandoning cold water (having life), vegetables, fruits, flowers, etc. He is recognised as a Patteyabuddha in the tirtha of Mahavira.3 3. Risi 40, Risi (Sangrahani)
1. Aup. 38.
2. Sut. 1.3.4.3, SutCu. p. 120, SutSi. p. 95.
2. Divāyaṇa Previous birth of the twentieth would-be Titthamkara Aniyaṭṭi(1) in the Bharaha(2) region.1
1. Sam. 159.
3. Dīvāyaṇa Son of ascetic (täpasa) Pārāśara of Soriyapura.1 Once being harassed by Jayava princes he resolved to burn the city of Baravai. After death he took birth as an Aggikumāra god and burnt the city to ashes.2
1. UttNe. pp. 37-8.
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2. Ant. II, DasN. and DasH. p. 36. DasCu. p. 41, SthA. p. 255.
Diha (Dirgha) King of the Kosala country. He was a friend of king Bambha of Kampillapura and got attached to his wife Culani(2) after her husband's death. He was later on, killed by Cakkavaṭṭi Bambhadatta(1),1 son of king Bambha.
1. UttS. pp. 377-8.
1. Dihadamta (Dirghadanta) Sixth chapter of the first section of Anuttarova vaiyadasă.1
1. Anut. 1.
2. Dihadamta Son of king Senia(1) and his queen Dhariņi(1) of Rayagiha. He took initiation from Mahāvīra, observed asceticism for twelve years and was born as a god in Anuttara celestial abode after death. He will take one more birth as a man in the Mahavideha region and attain emancipation there.1
1. Anut. 1.
3. Dihadamta Jambuddiva.1
Second would-be Cakkavatti of the Bharaha (2) region in
1. Sam. 159, Tir. 1124.
Dihadasā (Dirghadasā) One of the ten dasā texts. It is not extant now. It consisted of ten chapters, viz., Camda(2), Sura(10), Sukka(4), Siridevi(8) Pabhāvati(5), Divasamuddovavatti, Bahuputtiya(4), Mamdara(2), Therasambhūtavijaya, Therapamha and Usāsaṇīsāsa.1 Some of these chapters are now found in Nirayavaliya2 (including Pupphiya etc.).
1. Sth. 755, SthA. p. 512. There seems to 2. SthA. p. 512.
be some confusion in the text, because
the chapters mentioned therein total
eleven and not ten.