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Nāyādhammakahā (Jñātādharmakathā) Sixth of the twelve Amga(3) texts. It is in prose and is divided into two sections: Nāya(1) and Dhammakahā.? The former has nineteen chapters, whereas the latter ten. Each of the ten chapters in the second section has further subdivisions. The entire work deals with narratives having a moral and religious objective behind them." It was commented upon by Abhayadevasūri in V.S. 1120.5
The eighth chapter of the first section gives the story of Malli(1), the nineteenth Titthamkara. The sixteenth chapter furnishes a naration of Dovai in the form of a story of her chain of births and deaths. 1. Pak. p. 46, Nan. 45, 51, Sam. 141, 3. Sam. 19. NanCu. P, 66.
4. NanH. p. 81, 2. Jna. 5. Nāya means illustration and 5. JnaA. p. 254.
dhammakahā means religious story.
1. Nārada or Näraya (Nārada) Son of Jannadatta(1) and Somajasă of Soriyapura. He is the same as Kacchallanaraya.
1. AvaCu. II. p. 194.
Previous birth
of the twenty-second would-be
2. Nārada or Naraya Titthamkara Vimala(2),1
1. Sam. 159.
A Brahmin mendicant and his followers.
3. Ņärada or Ņāraya
1. Aup. 38.
4. Nārada or Näraya A non-jain sage in the tirtha of Aritthanemi, recognised as a Patteyabuddha.
1. Risi. 1, Risi. ( Sangrahaņi) Nárayaputta (Nāradaputra) A disciple of Titthayara Mahävira.
1. Bha. 221. 1. Nārāyana (Nārāyana ) Eighth Vasudeva(1) of the current descending cycle in the Bharaha(2) region. He is the same as Lakkhana. He lived after Titthayara Mūņisuvvaya(1) and before Nami(1). He was son of king Dasaraha(1) and his queen Kegamai of Aojjha and younger brother of Baladeva(2) Pauma(6), i.e. Rāma(4). He had killed Rāvana with his own disc. His height was sixteen dhanușas. He belonged to the Käsava lineage. His previous birth-name was Punavvasu(3). After enjoying a life of twelve thousand years he died and took birth in the fourth infernal region. 1. Sam. 158, Tir. 566, 577, 602-615, Vis. 1765, AvaN. 421, Vis. 1778, AvaN. 403-413,
Uttk. p. 43, AvaBh. 40-43, UttK. p. 48., Sth. 672; According to AvaN (408). Nārāyaṇa was born at Rāyagiha.
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