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
was drowned or badalı found its manuful tree, prince
Pupphabhadda, his boat went down into the rivci and that Annihaputta was drowned His skull was caten by fish and dufted to the bank, where a seed of pārlalı found its way into it and in coursc of timc grow mito a large tiee Seeing this beautiful trce, prince Cdivi founded the City of Padaliputta here 91
Pädalıputta was a centre of activities of the Jains It was visited by Ajja Mahāgırı and Ajja Suhatthi. "93 Padaliputta is described as is centre of learning 63
It is modern Patna.
Pridha-a kingdom
It is one of the sixteen janapadas mentioned in the Bhagavati It may be identified with Padham in the Mainpuri district in U P 594
Pailisantūralījuga
It is stated that this land was situated at a distancc of fifty yojanas 10 the south siom the confluence of Sindhu and the Lavana ocean It is said to be twelve and a half yojans in extension, thicc and a half yojans above sea water, and the shape of an elephant trunk There were forty seven pitch dark caves here, of the shape of a crocodile ghairulagasamthana) The inhabitants of this land were ugly, dieauful, greedy for hont y and flexli col clous of women and teruble fighters They could inove in water and their duration of life varied from iuclic and a half nights to a large number of vcar sankhyartin Ther possessecl round and hollow boats antar andalagolucio) and wandered in search of excellent jeucls in the ca
At a distance of thice thousand and hundicd rounas hrom this land there lay the island of Rayadiva lhe inhabitants of this land filled their adamantinc vc scls l'ai acan asıläsa mpulārm, with honey and flesh, and retuined to their homes in boats which were made of long wood of trees of the shape of an clephant tiunk A fight is stated to have taken place between them and the cavc-men which resulted in the dcfcat of the latter.505
This region is not known.
Paitthāna-a city
Paitthāna, also known as Poyanapura, was the chief city of Mahārastra situated on the bank of the Goyävarī 588
501 Ila cū II D 179, Ta Air 1279 Cf also the tradition recorded in the Kathasar il
Sāgara, lol I, chu pp 18 ff, also see Mahangga, pp 226-30 the com on the
l'dāna, p 407 532 Tu vor 1278 Ia cū II p 153 593 Súya cū, pp 139 141 504 John Allan, The Ancient Indian Colius, p. I. . 795 Mahā Ni , pp 17 1 35 , Gaccha V7, p 50a. C90 Brh. Bhā 6 6244 [, ako Fasi, p 354,