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Anga country-According to the Mahabharat this was a state founded by king Anga, the son of the demon king Bali. According to the Jain mythology it was the state ruled by Anga, the son of Bhagavan Rishabh Dev. As mentioned in the ShaktiSangam-Tantra the area between Vaidyanath and Bhuvaneshvar is recognized as Anga country. According to the modern political geography most of Orissa, parts of southern Bihar and parts of southern West Bengal put together may be termed as ancient Anga country.
Champa city-The capital city of ancient Anga country. According to the stories. from Bhagavat this city was founded by the great grandson of the famous king Harishchandra. According to the Jain mythology this should be a very ancient town. but it appears to have been deserted in some remote past. Disturbed by the death of his father. King Shrenik, king Kunik found Rajagriha a haunted place. As such he found a suitable place and founded a new town. As this was near a beautiful Champa tree, he named it Champa. Other names of this city are-Angapuri, Malini, Lomapaadpuri, and Karnapuri. Like the Vedics and the Jains, Buddhists also consider this a place of pilgrimage. According to the ancient Jain travelogues this place is approximately two hundred miles east of Patna and thirty two miles south of this place is situated the famous pilgrimage centre Mandargiri, near the present day Mandar Hill railway station. Today Champa city is known as Champanala situated three miles away from Bhagalpur. Naath Nagar is also nearby.
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(King) Kunik-Grandson of King Prasenjit of Magadh and son of the famous emperor Bimbasar Shrenik. His mother was Chellana or Chelana who was the eldest daughter of the president of the Vaishali republic, king Chetak, the maternal uncle of Bhagavan Mahavir. In the Buddhist literature as well as Indian history Kunik is better known as Ajatshatru. In the Jain literature he has also been mentioned as Ashoka Chandra, Vajji Videhputra, and Videhputra. He was a deeply devoted follower of Bhagavan Mahavir. He was a great warrior. He defeated the Vaishali republic and became the undisputed monarch of almost the whole of eastern India. (5-6 B.C.)
Sudharma Swami (Ganadhar or chief-disciple)-Sthavir Arya Sudharma, belonging to the Agnivaishayan clan, was the fifth chief-disciple of Bhagavan Mahavir. Nine of his Chief-disciples had already attained omniscience and nirvana. before the nirvana of Bhagavan Mahavir. Gautam Swami became omniscient immediately after the nirvana of Bhagavan Mahavir. An omniscient, as a rule, is never a carrier of any tradition; as such the responsibility of carrying on the tradition established by Bhagavan Mahavir came to Sudharma Swami. He was an exemplary. scholar and spiritualist of his times. It was he who created the twelve canons Dwadashangi) on the basis of the tri-facet principle (tripadi) propagated by Bhagavan Mahavir. These canons are the source-books of all knowledge for the Jain tradition. He became omniscient twelve years after the nirvana of Bhagavan Mahavir A.N.M.) or 458 B.V. (Before Vikram calendar), or 514 B.C. and got liberated in 20 A.N.M. (450 B.V.. 506 B.C.)
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