Ancient Jaina Hymns

Author(s): Charlotte Krause
Publisher: SCIndia Oriental Institute Ujain

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REMARKS ON THE TEXTS
(54) Arāsaṇa (modern Arasan near Mt. Abu),' (55) Dvaravati (modern Dvaraka),2
(56) Jirnavapra (modern Junagadh near Mt. Girnar),
(57) Thārāpadrapura (modern Tharad near Radhanpur in Gujarat),
(58) Vavihapura (modern Vavipur near Radhanpur),
(59) Kasadraha (modern Kasindra, 8 m. north of Abu Road Station),3
(60) Iḍara (modern Idar in Gujarat), (61) Tejallavihāra;“
(62) Nimbatataka,'
(63) Candra (modern Chandur close to Sankheshvara, vide above, No. 17),
(64) Darbhavati (modern Dabhoi, 25 m. from Broach),
(1) Arasana is a synonymon of "Kumbhariya", once a flourishing city, much mentioned in Jaina literature. As a tirtha, it is aiso re erred to in Astot., t. 102.
(2) lide also V. T. K., p. 12, 85, S3, etc.: Dvaraka was once a Jaina tirtha, bound up with the History of the 22nd Jina Neminatha, contemporary and relative of Sri-Krsna. Cp. also M. D. Desai, loc. cit. para. S42.
(3) This place is mentioned in the Astot., st. 102 as "Kasaddaha”, and in V. T. K., p. 85 as "Kaśahrada”.
(4) V. T. K., p. 7, st. 3 and p. 10 mentions a place "Tejalapura", built by Tejapala at the foot of Mt. Girnar. l'ide also Pra. Tirth. Sangr., Introduction p. 57 f. "Tejallavihara" may refer to the temple erected there by him in honour of Paisvanatha, and named "Asarayavihara" in honour of Tejapala's father.
(5) This may be "Nimbuyada", a Jaina place mentioned in Meghavijaya's "Pārivanātha-nāma-mālā", st. 20 (Prac. Tirth. Sangr., p. 151), or "Nibeḍa Kala", mentioned in the "Tirthavali-pravasa" (No. 383) as possessing an old Jaina temple. Perhaps both names denote one and the same place.
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