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Gamgă
4. Gamgadatta Previous birth of the ninth Vāsudeva(1), viz. Kanha(1). He was a son of a merchant of Hatthiņāpura. His mother did not love him at all. Therefore he renounced the world and become a monk. His preceptor was Dumasena(3). He made a resolve (nidāna) at Hatthināpura and its cause was his mother. After death he was born as a god. Thereafter he took birth as Kanha. He seems to be the same as Gamgadatta(2).
1. Sam. 158, AvaCu. I. pp. 474-5. Tir. 605-609. 2. Bhak. 137.
Fifth chapter of the sixteenth section of Viyāhapannatti.'
5. Gamgadatta
1. Bha. 561.
6. Gamgadatta A merchant of Hatthiņāpura. He renounced the world and became a disciple of Muņisuvvaya(1), the twentieth Titthamkara. Aftar death he became a god in the Mahāsukka celestial region. Once he descended and went to Mahāvīra and staged a drama before him to show his sense of devotion. 1. Bha. 576.
2. Ibid. 575. Gamgadattā (Gangadattā) Wife of Sāgaradatta(5) of Pädalasamda. They had a son named Umbaradatta(1).1
1. Vip. 28. Gamgadeva (Gangadeva) Identical with Gamga.!
1. UttN. p. 165. Gamga-pāsāvaccijja (Ganga-pārśvāpatyiya). Same as Gamgeya(3).1
1. Bha. 371.
Gamgapura (Gangapura) A town associated with the prediction of Devadatta's rebirth.
1. Vip. 31. Gamgappavāyakumda (Gangāprapātakunda) A lake where the torrent of river Gamgā emerging from Cullahimavarta falls. It is situated in the northern Bharaha(2) region. It is different from Gamgākumda and is identical with Gamgappavāyadaha.? 1. Jam. 74.
2. Sth. 88.
Same as Gamgappavāyakumda.
Gamgappavāyadaha (Gangāprapātadraha)
1. Sth. 88, Jam. 74.
Gamgā (Gangā) One of the five big rivers in the Bharaha(2) region. It emerges from Paumadaha on mount Cullahimavamta, takes a turn near 1. Aup. 39, Bha. 214. Jna. 24, SamA.
NisCu. I. pp. 11, 104, III. pp. 195, p. 112, JivM. p. 244, Utt. 32.18,
364, BrhKs. p. 1487.
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