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-Gujarāta: three references:
[1] zhuzi the land of Gujarāta proper. 7.4. [2] Tia the king of Gujarāta. 9. 3.
[3] zszaruft the Gujarāti language. 20.4. -the eastern territory of India including modern
Bengal and Assam. 2.3; 20.6; 25.4. .
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- a town in North Gujarāta, modern Cāņasmă, situated about 20 miles south to Päga ņ a. It is regarded as a holy place of the Jainas sacred to Bhatevā Pārśva nātha. Its Sanskrit name is given as Cand rã vati. According to a Jaina interpretation, as there are twelve windows in the mosque there meant for looking at the moon -Camda-, it is called Cām da sa mā, Cāņasa mā! Vide JPI, part II, p. 401. This is not at all convincing. The term Cānda sa mā of our text appears nothing more than Sanskritisation of
the modern name Cāņas mā! 27.12. ---modern town of Dabhoi in Baroda district
of Gujarāta, situated about 40 miles north-east of Broach and 20 miles south-east of Baroda. Its ancient name is Darbhāvati. In the Gira nāra Jaina Inscription of 1288 V.S. (=1232 A.D.) it is mentioned among important cities of Gujarāta. An interesting but fanciful derivation of its modern name Dabhoi' is given in our prabandha. The writer of the prabandha appears to have tried to connect • darbha' and 'vati' of its original name Darbhavati in this fanciful derivation by stating that a data or a banyan tree was sprinkled by the serpent Taksa ka who acted like Dhanvantari for helping Pariksit! This derivation does not, on the face of it, seem to carry any significance at all. All the same, it may be noted with interest that this historical town is surrounded by a fort and to the east of the gate popularly known as 'Hirabhāgola' after the name of the dexterous mason who built the rampart, is situated a temple of
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