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[ सहस्रकूटभवन
fach (laacn ) II, 2, 5. A town
in Southern Vediardha. Pêrch ( få jg ) I, 12, 8; II, 2, 11. The
Vindhya mountain. It included Kalinjar, and is said to lie
between Andhra and Kalinga. aeri (azz ) FÊ V, 3, 9; X, 1, 7.
The mountain of the Vidyadharas. According to the Kss, XIV, 3, 65-66, 'On the Himacala mountain there are two Vediardhas of Vidyadharas, the northern and the southern. On the other side of the Kailasa is the northern Vediardha and on the lower side is the southern Vediardha.' ( See lotro. ) According to Hemacandra's TSP. Vaitadhya mountain was 400 miles long touching the rivers Ganges and Sindha on either side. It was given as dominion to Nami and Vinami hy Dharanendra the protecting deity of the first Tirthainkara Adinath, Nami occupied the southern Vaitadhya and founded fifty cities in it including Jayanti and Rathanupura Cakravala, and Vinami occupied the nor thern Vaitadhya and similarly
founded another fifty towns. Siarraiget ( Arifugit ) X, 6, 2.
Modern Sahet Mahet on the Rapti river in the Gooda district of Oudh. It was the birth-place
of the 3 rd and 8 th Tirtham. karas Sumculinather and Candraprab'ıx on account of which it is also known amongst the Jains as Cienclrrpuri. It was the capital of Uttara Kosala ( Ram, Uttara kanda 121). It was founded by Sravasta the king of the solar race (V P. IV, 2, 13). Rama, when dividing his kingdom,gave it to Lava (Vayu P. Uttara, 26). At the time of Buddha, Prasenjit was the king of Uttara Kosala with his capital at Sravasti. His son Jet built the Jeta vanavihara close to the town where Buddha resided for 25 years, and out of the 498 Jatakas ( birth stories ) 416 were told at this place. (Cun. SB, p. 90; Arch. Re I, 330. ) Escavations carried on at the place have revealed numerous Jain images mostly of the 11th century. ( Arch. Re.
1907-08). HURTIGT ( Hastato ) VII, 5, 2,
Home of the Khecara who met
Karakanda at Terapur. FEEDCHA V, 8, 9. Name of a
temple at Terapur. May refer to the first cave built by Nila and Mahanila which is said to have had a thousand pillars ( Sahasa-khambha ). On inquiry Mr.Nemchand Balchand Gandhi of Osmanabad wrote to me to
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| SR No. | 034918 |
| Book Title | Karkanda Chariu |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Kankamar Muni |
| Publisher | Karanja Jain Publication |
| Publication Year | 1934 |
| Total Pages | 364 |
| Language | Sanskrit, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari |
| File Size | 33 MB |