History of Jaina Monachism

SR No.: 001727
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S B Deo
Publisher: Deccan College Research Institute
Publication Year: 1956
Total Pages: 616
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Principle, & History
File Size: 12 MB

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HISTORY OF JAINA MONACHISM
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Sānulaţthiyagama Sāvatthi Seyaviyā
unidentified. Sahet-Mahet on the Rapti.84 Either Satiabia or Basedita : the latter 7 miles from Sahet-Mahet.85 Siddhanagrama in Birbhum distt.86 Singhbhum in Bengal.87 Unidentified.
Hilly place near Chunar in Birzapur distt.88 Unidentified.
Siddhatthapura Subbhabhūmi Subhoma Succhitta Sumangalagāma Sumsumārapura Surabhipura Suvannakhalaya Tambāya Sannivesa Thūņāka Sannivesa Tosali Unnaga Vācāla Vajjabhūmi Vāluyagāma Vārāṇasī Vayaggama Vesāli
To the north-west of Patna (?) 89 Dhauli or nearabout in Orissa. Unidentified.
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Birbhum (?) 90 Unidentified. Benares. Unidentified. Basarh in the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar.91
After his attainment of the Kevala Jnana, he is said to have spent fourteen rainy seasons in Rāyagiha and Nalandā, six in Mihilā, four in Vesāli and Vāņiyagāma; two in Bhaddiyā and one each at Alabhiyā, Paniyabhūmi, Sāvatthi and Pāvā. From the identification of a few of these places, it appears that the field of influence of Mahāvīra roughly formed the modern provinces of Bihar and some parts of Bengal and U.P. It may at the same time be noted that "the list is neither exhaustive nor chronological, though covering broadly the forty-two years of his itinerary."92
84. CAGI., p. 469. 85. DEY, Geogr. Dict, p. 184. 86. History of Bengal, Vol. I, p. 22, Quoted by JAIN, op. cit., p. 334. 87. Imp. Gaz., Vol. XII, p. 529. 88. SANKRITYAYANA, Majj-N. p. 61n. 89. JAIN, op. cit., p. 343. 90. Ibid., p. 350. 91. CAGI., p. 507.
92. GHATGE, op. cit., p. 415; Shree K. P. JAIN, on the authority of Harivamsapurāna tries to prove that Mahāvīra had toured extensively in Rajputana, Punjab, South