Critical Study Of Paumacariyam

SR No.: 022643
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: K R Chandra
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology and Ahimsa
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 672
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English & Book_Devnagari
File Size: 18 MB

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GEOGRAPHICAL PLACES, PEOPLES AND TRIBES 543 Suvarnatunga (14.4) :-On this hill Muni Anantavīrya attained Kevala. The PCR calls it Suvarnaparvata. It can be identified with the Kanakagiri which is also called as (FSI, p. 460) Hemādri, situated in the Camarayanagara district of Mysore (JSI, p. 460). It is said that Pratisūrya while returning from there after paying homage to Muni Anantavirya found on his way his weeping neice Añjanāsundarī. From there he took her to Hanuruhapura (18.44). Both these places are not very far away.
Himagiri (73.7) or Himālaya (10.13) :--Vidyādhara Sáhasagati went there to acquire the rupaparivartanakarividya' for disguising himself as Vānara Sugrīva to establish sexual relations with Tārā (10.13). It is the well known Himalayas.
Kaliñjara (58.9):-It is referred to as a great forest. There is a well known fort of Kalañjara in or Kaliñjara in Bundelkhanda (TAI, p. 51; HGAI, p. 20). The forest of this region is probably the Kaliñjaramahāraṇya.
Naimișa:-It is referred to as a country (55.35). As a forest it is identified with the modern Nimsara, 20 miles from Sitapur and 45 miles to the north-west of Lucknow (HGAI, p. 41).
(3) Unidentified Places
Akşapura (74.31); Angapura (31.7); Ambaratilaka (6.167); Ariñjayapura (13.35;58.12); Aruņapura (1756); Asuranagara (7.49); Asokanagari (20.189); Adityaprabhapura (5.82); Adityapura (15.5); Kambudvīpa (45.32); Kukkudanagara (118.52); Kumbhanagara (8.55, 57); Kuvvaragrāma (41.55); Kusumantapura (7 74); Ksemapura (103. 7); Gaganavallabhapura (5.66); Gandharvagitanagara (5.243); Gandhāvatīnagar (41.45); Ghoșapura (21.91); Dadhimukhanagara (51.2); Dārugrăma (30.60); Durlanghyapura (12.47); Devopagitanagara (85. 27); Dhanyagrāma (77.73); Nityālokapura (9.52); Pitharakhanda tīrth (77.64); Pundarīkini (20.7); Prītipura (6.239); Mandarakuñja (6.170); Mahānagara (20.9); Mrņālakundanagara (103.90): Megharava Tirth (77.61); Rasātalanagara (7.47); Rikșapura (8.255); Varapura (17.52); Vārādaya (5.210); Viradhitapura (1.55); Svayamprabhapura (7.149) Saccaripura (30.65); Saśārkanagara (82.89); Sakatagrāma (5.27); Surasangītapura (8.1,18); Susīmāpuri (20.7); Senāpura (31.4); Sobhapura (77.100).
Lakşmapa is said to have conquered the following towns of the Vidyadharas of Dakšiņa Vijayārdha (91.3-6):