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8. Pādha 9. Läḍha
(? maybe
= Pāḍham in Mainpuri district, U.P.)
(capital Koḍivarisa, mod. Bangarh) districts of Hooghly, Howrah, Bankura, Burdwan and E. Midnapur
(capital Vesāli, mod. Basārh) Muzaffarpur district
10. Vajja 11. Moli?
12. Käsi
13. Kosalā
14. Aväha?
15. Sambhuttara, also Suhmuttara 'north of Suhma', Suhma corresponding with the region of the districts Midnapur and Bankura in western Bengal.
XV
(capital Vārāṇasi, mod. Benares)
(capital Sageya, mod. Ayodhyā) Oudh
The above details about capitals and identifications are quoted from JAIN, Life, p. 263 seqq., s.v. For the two new Ajiviya theories see HOERNLE, o.c., p. 7; BASHAM, o.c., p. 254 seq.; SCHUBRING, O.C., p. 261. The gods Punnabhadda and Manibhadda (4th apaṇaya) will reappear in D 2 below; cf. BASHAM, o.c., p. 272 seq.-The name Ayampula reminds us of Ayambula in VIII 53.
C 9. (682a) At death's door, however, G. avows his errors: not he, but only Mv. is a Jina, and the theras must bury him with every mark of dishonour. Then he dies. C 10. (682b) Within the precinct of the potter's shed the theras organize a fictitious dishonourable burial of their master; then they publicly bury him with great pomp.
C 11. (685b) Mv. leaves Kotthaya (see A above) and goes to the Salakotthaya sanctuary near Meṇḍhiyagama. There he gets an attack of bilious fever. Hearing people talk about G.'s prophecy (see C7 above) Siha, one of Mv.'s disciples, becomes very anxious. Mv. sends for him and comforts him, repeating that he will yet live for another fifteen years and a half. He orders Siha to go to the woman Revai at Mendhiyagama and ask her to send the cock killed by the cat to Mv. instead of the two pigeons she was preparing for him. After having eaten the cock Mv. immediately regains his health.
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For Mendhiyagama HOERNLE has Miḍhiyagama. The exact situation of the place is not known. For the vegetarian interpretations of the text as given by Abhay., see HOERNLE, o.c., p. 10 note.-bilam iva pannaga-bhūenam appänenam: the same phrase in VII 18; cf. SCHUBRING, O.C., p. 262.-When Revai asks Siha how he could know about the pigeons, ref. is made to the Khandaga episode in II 1.
D 1. (687a) Goy. questions Mv.: Savvāņubhūi and Sunakkhatta (see C7) have been reborn as gods and will achieve
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