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Mahāroruya
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Mahāroruya (Mahārauruka) One of the five most dreadful Mahāṇiraya abodes of the seventh infernal region Tamatamappabhā.1
1. Sth. 451, SthA. p. 341.
Mahaliya-Vimāṇapavibhatti (Mahati-Vimānapravibhakti) Vimāṇapavibhatti.1
1. Sam. 42, 43, 45.
Mahaliya-Vimāṇavibhatti (Mahati-Vimanavibhakti) See Mahalliya-Vimāṇa
pavibhatti.1
1. Sam. 44.
Mahālohiakkha (Mahālohitäkṣa) in-charge of the calumn of bisons.1
1. Sth. 404.
Mahāvappa (Mahāvapra) Its capital is Jayamti(3).1
1. Jam. 102.
2. Mahāvappa 1. Jam, 102.
Mahāvaccha (Mahāvatsa) A district situated in Mahavideha, with its headquarters at Aparaiya(4). River Tattajala flows east of it,1
1. Jam. 96.
Mahāvijaya
A commander under indra Bali.
See Mahalliya
A district in the Mahavideha region of Jambuddiva.
A peak of mount Süra(6) in Mahavideha.1
Mahāvāu (Mahāvāyu) A General under the lord of the Isana celestial region. He commands the column of cavalry.1
1. Sth. 404.
1. Aca. 2. 176, AvaCu. I. p. 236.
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A celestial abode same as Pupphuttara.1
He is
1. Mahāvideha A region situated in the centre of Jambuddiva. It lies to the south of mount Nilavamta, to the north of mount Nisaha, to the east of the western Lavana ocean and to the west of the eastern Lavana ocean. It is shaped like a paryanka. It touches the Lavana ocean on two sides.1 It is 33684 yojanas broad2 and 33767 yojanas long. Its jivă (chord) touching the oceans on two sides, is one lakh yojanas and its dhanupiṭṭha (pertient arc) measures on both the sides somewhat more than 158113+ yojanas. After the name of its presiding god Mahāvideha(2) this region is also called by the same name.
There are four sub-regions in it, namely, Puvvavideha(1), Avara videha(1), 1. Jam. 85, Sth. 555.
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2. Jam. 85, Sam. 33.
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