Jainism in North India

SR No.: 011067
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Chimanlal J Shah
Publisher: Longmans Green and Compny London
Publication Year: 1932
Total Pages: 66
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 3 MB

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JAINISM IN NORTH INDIA a aty in the countries of Sindhu and Sovira, called Viyabhaya, a king, Udayana by name. ..." 1 "The Satrunjaya Mahatmya places it in Sindhu or Sind." From all these identifications it seems that the country roughly corresponds to a portion of Sind on the cast of the River Indus and of Rajputana to the north-west of Malwa. This is also confirmed by the fact that Udayana went through the deserts of Marwar and Rajputana, where his army began to die of thirst during the war which he had declared against the king of Avanti. Besides these identifications one thing we get about SindhuSauvira-Desa from Varahamihira's division of Bharatavarsha is this, that it formed one of the nine divisions into which the country was divided. The historical and geographical importance accruing from this justifies the Jaina sources to some extent when they say that, along with Vitabhaya, Udayana was the overlord of three hundred and sixty-three other towns. Furthermore, from the life of Kumarapala of the twelfth century A.D. we know that during his career he brought to Pattana a Jaina idol? which, according to * Meyer (J J), op aat, 87 For the story in the Uttaradhyayana see LaxmVallabha's commentary (Dhanapatasimha's edition), PP 552-561. * Cf. Dey, op c., P 188 HE FUTUT BARCEL: Avasyaka-Salra, p 200 C Meyer (J. J), op at, p 109 It may be mentioned here that, according to the Buddhist traditions, Roruka was the capital of Sauvira CE CHI,1,P 178, Dey, op cit, p 170 According to Cunningham, Roruka was probably Alor, the old city of Sind "--Cunningham, op cil, Varchamihire ca lis each of the Nata-Khandas a Varta He says "By them (the Vargas) Bharatavarsha-te half of the world is divided into nine parts the central one, the eastern one, eto " Sachau, op at, 297 CF abid, pp 298-802, Cunningham, op cit, 6 " According to thus arrangement. Sindhu-Sauvira was the chief district of the west , but there is a discrepancy between this epitome of Varaha and his details, 86 Sindhu-Sauviri 18 there assigned to the south-n est along with Anarta Ibad, p Intercom fuffi -Hemacandra, opet, v 328, P 147. "This King Udayana lived exercising the sovereignty over Buxteen countries, beginning with Sindhu. Sauvira, three hundred and sixty-three cities, beginning with Vitabhaya "Meyer (JJ), op cit,p 97. "Annhila-Pattane, Virdwal-Pattana or Pattana, called also Northern Baroda in Gujarat, founded in Samvat 802 Or AD 746, after the destruction of Valabhi by Banaraja or Vamsaria The town was called Anahtlapattant, after the name of a cowherd who. pointed out the site Hemacandra, the celebrated Jaune grammaran and so cographer, flounshed in the court of Kumarapala, the king of Anahilapattana (AD 114 1173), and was his spuntual guide He died at the age of eighty-four in AD 1172 which year Kumarapulu became convert to Jainism btzt according to authorities, the conversion took place in AD 1150 After the overthrow of Vallabhi the caghth century Anahilapattana became the chief city of Gujarat, or Western India, the fifteenth century _Dey, op cit, po Jayasimhasuri, Kumarapala-Bhupala-Cartra-Mghahadya, Sarga IX, W 201, 20. 206 p 700 !