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Māhimda
Māsavaņņivalli (Māșaparnivalli) Fifth sub-section of the tweny-third section of Viyābapannatti. It has ten chapters.
1. Bha. 692.
1. Māhana (Brahmana) One of the two major sects, Māhana and Samaņa(1), Vedic and non-Vedic respectivety, of ancient Iudia. Māhanas are referred to as gods of the earth. This word has been explained in various ways.3 1. Aca. 1.9.4.11, Sut. 1.1.6, Sth. 415, 3. NisBh. 4423, Aca Cu. p. 5, SutSi. pp. 35, PinN. 444.
263, UpaA. p. 40, SthA. p. 312, BhaA. 2. Pin. 448.
pp. 89-90, KalpSan. p. 35.
2. Māhanı Fifth chapter of Kammavivāgadasā. At present the nomenclature of this chapter is Bahassai.
1. Sth. 755. Māhanakumda (Brāhmaṇakunda) See Māhaṇakumdaggāma.?
1. Vis 1839.
Māhanakumdagāma or Māhanakumdaggāma (Brāhmánakundagrāma) One of the two parts of Kumdaggama where Titthayara Mahāvira's soul descended into tho womb of Devāņamdā(2), wife of Brahmin Usahadatta(1). The Bahusālayā shrine was situated there.2 Khattiyakumdaggāma was situated to the west of Māhanakumdaggama, See also Vesäli and Mähanakumdapura, 1. Kalp. 2, Vis. 1839, Avan. 458,2. Bha. 380. AvaCu. I. pp. 236, 239.
13. Bha. 383.
Māhanakumdapura (Brāhmanakundapura) Same as Māhanakumdaggāma.
1. Aca. 2. 176. Māhanakumdapurasamnivesa (Brāhmanakundapurasanniveśa) See Māhanakumdapura.
1. Aca. 2. 176. 1. Māhimda (Mahendra) Akşatriya who tried to torture Mahāvira at Bhogapura.
1. Avan. 519, Vis. 1974, AvaCu. I. p. 316, AvaM. p. 294.
2. Māhimda One of the thirty Muhuttas of a day and night.
1. Jam. 152, Sam. 30, Sur. 47,
3. Māhimda Fourth celestial region situated above Isäņa. It has eight lakh abodes of the height of six hundred yojanas. The minimum and maximum longevity of the gods living therein is somewhat more than two and seven sägaropama years respectively.3 1. Prai. 53, Sam, 131, Jam. 118.
3. Sam. 2,7, Sth. 113, Anu. 139. 2. Sam. 109.
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