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Gayapura (Gajapura) Another name of Hatthiņāura. It was the capital of Kuru(2) country.1 Titthayaras Samti, Kumthu(1) and Ara were born there. Usabha(1) had received his first alms from Sejjaħsa(3) in this very town.3 It was the birthplace of Kurudattasuya, Samkha(6) Kanerudatta, etc. It is identified with a place in Meerut district, north-east of Delhi. See also Hatthiņāura. 1. UttN. and Utts. p. 109, Praj. 37,
227, Kalpv.p. 238, AvaCu. I. p. 323. KalpDh. p. 153, SutSi. p. 123.
4. Ava Cu. I. p. 527, UttCu. p. 201, 2. Tir. 505-7, UttK. p. 332.
Mar. 491, Utts. pp. 109, 377. 3. Avan. 322, KalpS. p. 183, AvaM. p. 1 5. AGI. p. 50.
An Anāriya tribe and its territory.1
Gayamuha (Gajamukha)
1. SutSi. p. 123.
Gayasukumála (Gajasukumāra) Son of Vasudeva and Devai of Soriyapura. Vāsudeva(2) Kapha(1) was his elder brother. His marriage was settled with Somā(1), daughter of Somila(1), but he renounced the world and became a disciple of Titthayara Aritthaņemi before actual marriage took place. He engaged himself in meditation on a cremation ground from the day he renounced the world. Somila, while passing by that way, saw him in this state. This enraged him and as an act of revenge he placed live-coal on the head of the meditating monk after erecting a small wall of clay around his head. Gayasukumāla endured the pain quietly and attained emancipation in the same night. Somila, on the other hand, collapsed next day because of Kanha's fear.1 1. Ant. 6, AvaCu. I. pp. 355, 358, 362, 364-5, 536, VyaBh. IV, 105, BrhBh. 6196,
Mar. 431-2, AcaSi. p. 255, SthA. p. 281. 2. Gayasukumāla Son of a merchant. He renounced the world and took to asceticism. Once while meditating he was asked about the road by some passer-by. Not receiving a reply the passer-by knocked him to the ground and hammered nails piercing through his whole body. He endured all this quietly and attained liberation.1
1. Sams. 87.
See Gayasukumäla.
Gayasīmāla (Gajasukumāra)
1. AvaCu. I. p. 362.
One of the eleven Karaņas.
Garāi or Garādi (Garādi)
1. Jam. 153, SutN. 11,
Garuda or Garula (Garuda) A god residing on the Kūļasāmali tree in Devakuru region.
1. Jam. 100, Sth. 86, 764; Sam. 8.
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