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Vesali— a city
Kundapura, a suburb of Vesali, was the birthplace of Mahāvila, and hence he is called as Vesaliya. Vesali was the centre of activities of Mahāvīra, who visited it ficquently and passed twelve any seasons there,946
At the time of Buddha, Vesali was a very large city, 11ch and piosperous, crowded with people with abundant food. The courtesan Ambapali, who was famous for her beauty, helped in large measure in making the city prosperous.946
Vaisali is identical with modern Basarh in the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar.947
LIFE IN ANCIENT INDIA
Vetarini-a river
This river is leferied to in the Suyagadanga cûrn948 and the Uttaradhyayana.
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There were several 11vers of this name. One in Orissa is mentioned in the Mahabharata (I 181 22). It is again identified with the iver Dantura which rises ncar Nasik and is in the north of Basscin It is further identified with a 11ver in Ghaiwal on the road between Kedăra and Badrinatha,950
Vellavati-a river
Cărudatta is said to have crossed this river by the cane creeper.951
From the Jātakas we learn that the city of Vettavati was on the banks of the river of Vettavati. It is the river Betwa in the kingdom of Bhopal, an affluent of the Jumna, on which stands Bhilsa or the ancient Vidisa,952
Veyali-a village
It is referred to in the Avasyaka cürni. 953 Its location is not known.
Veyaddhagin a mountain
It is said that the mountain of Veyaddha lay near the mountain of Gandhamadanavakkhāra in Avaravideha954 and is said to have been frequented by the Vyjjaharas
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04.5 Sec Supra, p. 261 f
Maharagga, p 268.
Law, G. Essays, pp 171, CA.C.I., p 307.
p 159
949 19 59, also see Majjhima, III, p. 185; Rāmāyano, III, 53. 20.
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GEB, p 40.
951 Suya. cu., p. 239.
053 G.E.B.,p. 40.
053 II, p. 94.
004 đua Cũ, p. 165.
95 Cf. Uttara. Ti., 22, p. 277.
