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TIPE IN INCIENT INDIA
Vedisa is mentioned in Bharhut inscriptions. According to Cunningham, Vedisa is the old name of Besanagar, a ruined city situated in the fork of the Bes on Vcdisa river and the Betwa within two miles of Bhilsa 908
Vanada, Viraila or Verāla—a cily
Virāda was the capital of Vatsya or Vaccha, one of the twenty five and a half Āryan countries. It is stated that the Koravas were stupefied (thambhiya) here by Ajjuna. 800
Vairāta was the abode of the five Pandavas duming their twelve years' exile. The country was also famous for the valour of the people
It is identified with Bairat in Jaipur state 867
Vaja- a country
This country was included as one of the sixtcen Janapadus Dup
The tribes of the Vajjis included according to Cunningham and Prof Rhys Davids, at thakulas ol cight confederate clans among whom the Videhas, the Vajjis themselves, Licchavis and the Jñātrikas were the most important. The Vajjis like the Licchayis arc often associated with the city of Vesāli, which was not only the capital of Licchavi clan, but also the mctropolis of the entire confederacy.voo
The country of Vaji is noughly equivalent to the north of Darbhanga and the adjacent Nepal Tera1.dio
Vajjabhūmi
Vajjabhūmi was a part of Ladha, a non-Aryan country, where Mae hāvīra is stated to have undergone extreme pains The inhabitants of this place, on account of taking coarse meals, were of furious nature, who set dogs upon Vahāvila to bite him. The Lord is stated to have arrived liere from Riyagiha and proceeded to Siddhatthapura 911 (See Lāha).
It may be identified with modern Birbhum,
Valabhi-a ally
It is mentioned that Jain monks assembled here and put the Jain canons in order 912
905 GEBP 35 900 Sữya. củ ,p 35 007 TUPHS, Vol XV, Pt II, p 31 09 The Bhagarati (79) refers to the great battle that took place between human
Cedlaga Wahaita piedictril thai Vajjivicehaputia would win and the eighteen confederate kings of Kasi and Kosala would be defeated Abhayades a explains the word
vajji in the sense of Indra (cari=Indrah) which is incorrect 909 GEB. P 12 910 C.A G.I, p. 718 $11 See Supra, p 260. 013 Sce Supra, Section I.
