Life in Ancient India as Depicted in Jain Canons

SR No.: 011077
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jagdishchandra Jain
Publisher: New Book Company
Publication Year: 1947
Total Pages: 429
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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LIFE IN ANCIENT INDIA
Kiskindha is identified with Khukhundo, twenty five kos to the east of Gorakhpur.880 Rocchama kingdom
It is mentioned as one of the sixteen Janapadas in the Bhagavati.
It may be identified with Kausiki Kaccha to the east of the river Kausiki, in Purnea district.870
Kodinna or Kundini— city
It is said that king Ruppi ruled at thisp lace. 371 This town was located in Vidarbha 372
It is identified with modern Kaudinyapur on the banks of the Wardha in the Chandur Tāluka of Amraotr.373
Kodivarisa-a city
Kodivarisa was the metropolis of Lādha, one of the twenty five and a half Aryan countries King Cilāya of this place is said to have joined the ascetic order under Mahāvira in Sāketa.374 Kodivarisiya is mentioned as one of the sākhās of the Jain stamanas in the Kalpasūtra 375
Kotivarsa is mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. It is identified with Bangarh, a village about eighteen miles in Dinajpur district. 376
Gupta inse Kalpasútia anis menti
Kollägpura or Kollaura--a city
It is said that this town was visited by a famine.377 Kullaira is mentioned in the Maranasamähr 378 (Compare also Kullaura).
This town is described in the Vasudevahindi.379 There was a water shelter (pavā) at this place where food and drink was distributed free The city had a row of palaces and was surrounded by walls 380
It may be identified with Kullapäkapura or Kulpāk near Secunderabad in the Nizam State.
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Kollāka or Kollāyagăma-a settlement Kollāka Sannivesa was located to the north-east of Vāniyagāma.381
889 District Gaz of Gorakhpur, p. 266 f 970 GD, p. 97 371 Nāyā 16, p 178 ; Panha Ti , 4, p. 87 a. 872 Vasu , p. 80. 378 PHA I, p 74 874 Ava Nir. 1305. 376 8, 227 a 876 RC Majumdar, History of Bengal, Vol Ip 9 311 Pinda. Nir, 427, p. 125 ; Ava. Co., II, p. 36. 878 P 491. 879 P 355. 390 Ibid., p. 357. 881 Uvā. 1, p. 4.