India As Described In Early Texts Of Buddhism and Jainism

Author(s): Bimla Charn Law
Publisher: Bimlacharan Law

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28 INDIA AS DESCRIBED IN EARLY TEXTS
naming the five hills as Vaihāravipula, Vārāha, Vṛşabha, Rşigiri and Subhacaityaka,1 and the other as Pāṇḍara, Vipula, Vārāha, Caityaka and Matanga. A comparison of the two lists may show that Vipula is the same name as Vaiharavipula, Caityaka is identical with Subhacaityaka, and Vṛsabha and Matanga are substituted respectively for Panḍara (= Pali Pandava) and Rsigiri (= Pali Isigili), the name Vārāha being common to both the lists. By the name Caityaka or Subhacaityaka may have been meant no other hill than the Buddhist Gijjhakūta or Gṛdhrakūta.
The Jainas following a much later tradition of their own name locate the sevon hills thus: 'If one enters Rajgir from the north, the hill which lies to the right is Vaibharagiri; that which lies to the left is Vipulaparvata or Vipulagiri; the one which stands at right angles to the Vipula and runs southward parallel to the Vaibhara is Ratnagiri; the one forming the eastern extension of the Ratnagiri is Chathagiri, and the hill that stands next to Chathagiri in continuation of Ratnagiri is Sailagiri. The one opposite to the Chathagiri is Udayagiri; that which lies to the south of Ratnagiri and the west of the Udaya is Sonagiri. The Vaibhara
1 Mahābhārsta, 11, 21,2.
2 Ibid., ii, 21.11.
3 Law, Rajagriha in Ancient Literature, pp. 2f., 28f.