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Ajjaņāilä
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A monastic branch originating from Ajjanäila. It is
Ajjanāilā (Āryanāgilā) the same as Nāilā.
1. Kalp. p. 255.
originating from
preceptor
Ajjaņāili (Äryanāgili) A monastic branch Vairasena(3). It is the same as Ņäili.
1. Kalp. p. 263.
originating from
Tävasa(3). It
Ajjatāvasi (Āryatāpasi) A monastic branch is the same as Tāvasi(2).1
1. Kalp. p. 255.
Ajja paumā (Aryapadmā) A monastic branch originating from Pauma(12). It is the same as Paumā(7).1
1. Kalp. p. 264.
Ajjama (Aryaman) Presiding god of the Uttarāphagguni constellation.
1. Jam. 157, 171.
Ajjavajati (Āryavairi) A monk. Thāṇa will become extinct after his death in the year 1350 V.N.1 See also Vaira(2) and Ajjavayari.
1. Tir. 815.
A monastic branch same as Vairi.
See Ajja vajati.
Ajjavayari (Āryavajri)
1. Kalp. p. 263.
Ajjā (Aryā) Another name of Dugga in her gentle foim.1
1. Anu. 20, AnuHe. p. 26
Same as Ajiā(2).1
Ajjiyā (Ajitā)
1. Tir. 457.
1. Ajjuņa (Arjuna) A gardener of Rāyagiha also known as Ajjunaa, Ajjunaamālāgāra and Ajjunamālāra. Bamdhumati(2)1 was his wife. He used to worship an idol of yakşa called Muggarapāņi. One day when he was busy wtih worshipping the idol, his wife, who was a beautiful lady, was caught hold of by a group of six persons who were mutual friends. They tied Ajjuna with a rope and committed rape upon his wife. Ajjuna helplessly witnessed the ugly scene. He thought over it and felt that there is nothing like real yakşa in this land. Had there been a real one, this incident would not have occurred. Knowing this feeling of Ajjuna the yaksa entered his body. Immediately the rope was broken into pieces. He took up the mallet (moggara=mudgara) from the hand of the idol and killed all the seven
1. In Uttara dhyayana-niryukti the name is Khamdasiri (2). See Utts. p. 112.
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