Jinamanjari 1995 09 No 12

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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5. An inscription on one potsherd refers to the name of the hill as Vadhamana
Pavate and another Jinana Vihara Parivara Saneta justifies the Jain establishment on Vaddamanu hill. Stone inscription of Vaddamanu refers to the Jain saint Godesa, a disciple of
srutakevalin Bhadrabahu I. 7. Jain a Vestiges in Andhra. S. Gopala Krishna Murthy, P. 26, Hydrabad
1963. 8. Op. cit., P. 26 9. Around 4th century B.C. in the Krishna region Jains and Buddhist activities
might have begun in friendly note. But in subsequent period, Jainism at Voddamanu seems to have a set back with Asoka favouring Buddhijan at
Amaravati. 10. Bhavati Aradhana of Sivarya (Sholepar 1935) 11. Sehbring (Ed) Brhat Kalpasutra (Leip Big 1905) 12. Jain K. C. Op. cit. P. 50 13. Law B.C. Mahavira, His life and teachings, P. 29 14. Day N. L: The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Medivel India, P.
184. 15. Reference to Gosala occurs mainly in Bhagavatisutra. 16. Vijayandrasuri: Tirthankara Mahavira, P. 194. 17. Law B.C. Geography of Early Buddhism, P. 40. 18. This is with reference to the Buddhist text Vinayapitaka Sankrtyayana, R. P.
248 fn. 19. Vijayendra Suri, op. cit, P. 203 fn. 20. Jain K. C. op. cit, P. 52 21. Op. cit, P. 46. 22. Imperial Gazzetteer: Vol. viii, P. 475 23. History of Bengal, Vol. I. p. 22 24. Jain k.C. op. cit, P. 53 25. History of Bengal. op. cit. P. 22 26. The names of villages are associated with prominence of trees in the area.
Most popular are pipal (Fieus Relegion) and Vata (Banyan) etc. These are trees that are considered auspicous and they provided light for those that
meditates under then like Buddha (Vata), mahavira (Asoka). 27. Jain J.C.: Life in Ancient India, as described by Jain Canons. P. 278. 28. Jain J.P. op. cit, P. 54. 29. Asatrcady stated in the text, the was thirty when he renounced the world. 30. Epigraphia India: Vol XX. P. 88, Note 1. 31. K. V. Soundara Rajan Felieitation Volume: Vol. 1. P. 32. Vaddamanu Excavations: 1992; Arhar Kricana Vol. 1. Jaina Sept. 89 (P. 9.
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