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STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SŪTRA
[Ch. IX
Visāhā (Visakha)
Visāhā was a city which was sanctified by the sacred visit of Lord Mahāvīra. It is identified with modern Ayodhyā by Cunningham."
Vesāli (Vaišāli)
Vesāli was the celebrated capital city of the Licchavī Republic and the head quarter of the Vajji Confederacy at one time. It is also recorded in other Jaina' and Buddhist works, the Rāmāyaṇa and Chinese accounts' with the history of its administrative system, society, economic. educational, religious and cultural aspects.
Vaigāli was a great centre of Jainism and Buddhism. It is identified with modern Basărh' in the the Muzaffarpur district of North Bihar.
Vebhela"
It was a settlement (Sannivesa) located at the foot of the Vindhyagiri. It has not yet been identified.
Rivers
The Bhs, makes the specific mention of only two rivers, viz. Gangā and Sindhu. They also appear in other Jaina texts, 13
BhS, 18, 2, 618.
: C. A. G. l., p. 460. 3 Bh8, 7, 9, 303; 15, 1, 559. 4 Kalpa sutra, 5, 123 (Jaina Sūtras, S. B. E., pt. 1, Intro. XI). "Cf. Lalita-Vistara : Leafmann-Ch. III, p. 21. & Vinaya texts, S.B.E.II, p. 171; Rāmāyana, Ch. 47, VV. II. 12.
See Visnu-P. (Wilson's, Vol. III, p. 246). 7 Legge : Fa-hien's travels, p. 72; Watters on Yuan Chwang,
Vol. II, p. 63. 8 Kalpa Sūtra, 122-123; (Ivāsagadadão.
Anguttara Nikāya, P.T.S. II, 190-94, 200-02; Vide, H.G.A.I.,
p. 266-267. 10 Arch. Survey Report, Vol. I, pp. 55-56 & Vol. XVI, p. 6;
A. S. I. A. R., 1903-4, p. 74 11 Bhs, 3, 2, 142; 10, 4, 404. 11 Bh8, 7, 6, 288; 15, 1, 550. 18 Jambuddiva Pannatti, IV, 34. 35
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