Prakrit Proper Names Part 2

SR No.: 001126
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mohanlal Mehta, K R Chandra, Dalsukh Malvania
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 536
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Dictionary, & Dictionary - Language
File Size: 9 MB

Page 205

Vanilla
688 Vāņijja (Vānijya) One of the four kulas (aff shoots) of Kodiyagana (2),
1. Kalp. and KalpV-p. 260.
Vāniysgāma or Vaniyaggama (Vānijagrāma) A suburb of Vesāli. It had a park called Daipalāsa. A shrine dedicated to Jakkha Suhamma(5) was situated in it. That shrine is also called by the same name. It was often visited by Titthayara Mahā vīra who is said to have spent twelve rainy seasons at Vāniyagāma and Vesālī." Jiyasá!tu(6) and Mitta(3) reigned at Vāniyagāma. Merchants Āņamda(11)8 ard Vijayamitta(2), Brahmin Somila(3)10 and courtezan Kāmajjhayāll belonged to it. Titthayara Mahāvira met here monk Gamgeya(3) of the line of Titthayara Păsa(1).12 He initiated here merchant Pitthimāia(2), Pedhālaputta(4)13 Sudamsaņa(13) and Puņņabhadda(2).14 Vaniyaggāma is identified with Baniya, a village near modern Basarh in Muzaffarpur Division 15. 1. Kalp. 122.
8. Upa. 3, SthA. p. 508, Avan. 496, 2. Vip. 8.
Vis. 1951, Aval. p. 214. 3. Bha. 371, 646, Upa. 3, Ant. 14, 9. Vip. 8, SthA. p. 507, Dasa. 5.
10. Bha. 646. 4. Bha: 371, 424, 646, Upa, 3, Ant. 14, 11. Vip. 8.
Dasa. 5, Vip 9, AvaN. 496, AvaCu. 12. Bha. 371. I. p. 300.
13. Anut. 6. 5. Kalp. 122, KalpN. p. 188.
14. Ant. 14. 6. Upa. 3.
15. GDA. p. 23. 7. Vip. 8. Vāņira (Vānira ) Daughter of Simdhuseņa and wife of Cakkavatti Bambhadatta(1).1
1. UttN. p. 379. Vāmā Wife of king Āsasena(2) of Vánārasi and mother of Pāsa(1) the twenty-third Titthamkara. Her another name is Vammā(1)
1. Kalp. 150, Sam. 157, Tir. 486. I 2. AvaN. 3860. 1. Vāya (Vāda) First chapter of Dogiddhidasă.
1. Sth. 755. 2. Vāya (Vāta) A celestial abode each in Sanamkumāra(1) and Māhimda(3) where the maximum longevity of gods is five sägaropama years. They breathe once in five fortnights and have desire for food once in five thousand years.
1. Sam. 5. Vāyakamta (Vātakānta) A celestial abode similar to Vāya(1).
1. Sam. 5. Vāyakaļa (Vātakūta) A celestial abode just like Vāy a(2).'
1. Sam. 5.