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

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Vegaddha
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yojanas in height, ten hundred gavyūtis in depth and ten hundred yojanas in breadth and are shaped like a paryamka.”
There are thirty four Diha-Veyaddha mountains in Jambuddiva. : one in Bharah (1) and Eravaya(1) each and one in cagh of the thirty-two Vijayas (23) ( districts ) of Mahåvideha viz. Kacpha(1), Yapcha(6), Pamha(1), Vappa (1) etc. They are twentyfive yojanas or one hundred gavyūtis in height twentyfive gavpūtis in depth and fifty yojanas in breadth, Every DihaVeyağdha has ning peaks. 4. Sth. 722, Sam, 90, 113.
5. Sam. 25, $Q, 100, 3. Sam. 34.
6. Sth. 689. 4. Sth, 689.
2. Veyaddha A mountain, also known as Diha-Veyaddha of the Bharaha (2) region. It is situated in the middle of the Bharaha region of Jamby ddiva and divides the region of Jambuddiva into D&hipaddha-Bharaha and Uttaraddha-Bharaha.. It extends from east to west and touches the castern as well as the western Lavapa ocean. It is twenty-five yojanas in height and fifty yojanas in width. Its båhå i. e. arc-section on the eastern as well as the western side measures 488 yojanas, whereas its jiva i, e., phord or the northern edge which touches Lavana ocean on both the sides is 10,72016 yojanas and its dhanupittha, i, e. pertinent arc in the south above the chord, is 10,74345 yojanas. It has two caves, one in the west, called Timisaguha and Khamdappa vāyaguha. There are two Vijjaharasedhi on both the sides of tho mountain situated at the height of ten yojanas. At the height of the next ten yojanas there are two Abhiogasedhis. The nine peaks of this Veyaddha are : Siddhảyayapakāļa, Dâhiņaddhabharahakuda, Khamdappavāyaguhäkoda, Maņibhaddakada, Veyaddhakuda(2), Pupnabbadda (6), Timisaguhākada, Uttaraddhabharahakuda and Vesamapakada(2). Thero reside vidyādhara and some gods and goddesses on mount Veyaddha. It is called Veyaddha because god Veyaddhagirikumāra presides over it. During the Dusamadasamā period of this Osappigi all the mountains of the Bharaha region except Veyaddha vanish. In the caves of Veyaddha there are gold images of Titthamkaras.
1. Jam. 10, 36, Vip. 14, AVIM. p. 158, 1.-4. Jam. 15, 36, 51, 68, 74, AvaCu. I. AvaH. p. 116, Nir. 5.1, Jna. 27.
p. 207. 2. Jam. 12.
5. Bha. 287-288, Tir. 950, Jam. 36. 3. Jam. 12, AvaCu. I. pp. 189, 399, 6. NisCu. III. p. 144.
NisCu. I. p. 27.
A peak
of every
Dihaveyaddha
1. Veyaddha-kaờa (Vaitādhya-kūļa) mountain.
1, $th. 689,