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________________ 544 STUDIES in the BHAGAWATI SŪTRA [Ch. IX distance of seven miles north-west of Rajgir in the district of Patna on the archaeological evidences. Palāsaka It was a settlement where lived some Srāmaṇopāsakas. It has not yet been identified. Padaliputta (Pātaliputra) Pāďaliputta was the capital city of Magadha after Rājagļha as mentioned in other Jaina texts, Buddhist and Brāhmaṇical" works, foreign accounts and epigraphic records with different variatious of its name, such as, Pāțaliputra. Kusumapura, Kusumadhvaja, Puspapura, Puspābhaya (A.P.I.), Polimbothra (Gk.), Pa-lintou (Chinese), etc. The foundation of this city is attributed by the Jaina works' to Udāyin, the son of Darśaka, while the Buddhist tradition mentions Kūņīka-Ajātasatru as its real founder at Pãtaljgrāma on the southern side of the Ganges during the life time of Lord Buddha by fortifying it as a military base of operation against Vaiśālī with the help of his two ministers, named Sunidha and Vassakāra.'' It appears from the Bhs, that this city was not the capital of Magadha at the time of Lord Mahāvīra. It is here the first council of the Jaina church was held under the presidency of Sthūlabhadra to collect the orally transmitted canons about 200 years after the demise of the Master.11 ICA.G.I p. 537. ? Bhs. 10, 4, 404 9 Ib, 14, 8, 529 4 Āvašyaka Cūrni, II. p. 179; Avaśyaka Niryukti, i279. 5 Digha Nikaya, II, 86 ff; Sumangala-Vilasinī, p. 540 ; See Ivašyaka jana, II, 86 ff $18. Sushita (Kern), P Modern Review unabhāşya ; rasa, Sloka? by Magastheneuan & Patañjali's Mahābhāsya; Brhat Samhita (Kern), p. 37 ; Dasakumāra-Carita-1st Ucchvāsa, Sloka 2. 7 Mc. Crindle -- Ancient India as described by Magasthenese : and Arrian, p. 65. Legge, Fa-hien-pp. 77-78 ; Watters on Yuan Chwang-11. p. 87. 8 Allahabad Pillar Inscription of Samudragupta. 9 Avaśyaka Cūrni, II, p. 179. 10 Modern Review, March-1918 ; See also Digha N. II, 86 ff.; Sumangala-Vilāsini, II, p. 540. 11 Sthavir ārali Carita, Sarga 9. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.001615
Book TitleStudies in the Bhagavati Sutra
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJ C Sikdar
PublisherResearch Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur
Publication Year1964
Total Pages686
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English, Philosophy, & Canon
File Size12 MB
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