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Damda vīria (Dandavīrya) One of the eight great men attaining emancipation after Bharaha(1). He was eighth in succession after Cakkayvatti Bharaha(1)1 but according to Thāṇa he was seventh.? 1. AvaN. 363, Vis. 1750, AvaCu I. pp. 2. Sth. 616.
214. Damdi (Dandin ) Same as Damdagi.
1. UttCu. p. 73. Damtacakka (Dantacakra ) King of the city of Damtapura. He is the same as Damtavakka(1).
1. AvaN. 1275, AvaCu. II. p. 205, Utts. p. 301, AvaH. p. 666. Damtapura A city where king Damtacakkal who is also called Damtavakka(1), reigned. His queen Saccavai had a pregnancy-longing for sporting in a palace of ivory.3 Queen Paumāvai(8), wife of king Dahivāhana of Campā, took to asceticism at this place. Since she was bearing pregnancy at that time, she gave birth to a son afterwards. He was brought up in the family of Candāla and was named Karakamdu. Merchant Dhanamitta(2) also belonged to Damtapura. 1. BrhBh. 2043, AvaCu. II. p. 205, 3. NisBh. 6575, NisCu. IV. p. 361, AvaN. 1275, Utts. p. 301.
AvaCu, II. p. 153. 2. NisBh. 1295, YyaBh. III. 335, Vya M. 4. AvaCu. II. p. 205, Utts. P. 301.
III. p. 17, AvaCu. II. p. 153, UttK. 5. Avacu. II. p. 153, AvaN. 1275, p. 180.
NisCu. IV. pp. 361-2. 1. Damtavakka (Dantavaktra ) King of Dantapura. He was the husband of queen Saccavai. See also Damtacakka.
1. AvaCu. II. p. 153, NisBh. 6575, Uttk. p. 180. 2. Damtavakka Ksatriya who is regarded as the best of all the Ksatriyas.1 1. Sut. 1. 6. 22; Commentator Silanka takes him to be a synonym of cakravartin, i.e.
superme king. See SutSi. p. 150. Damtāra (Dantakāra ) An Āriya industrial group of ivory-workers.
1. Praj. 37. Damtiliyā op Damtilliyā (Dantilikā) Maid-servant of Khamda(1). She had enjoyed sexual intercourse with him.
1. AvaN. 477, AvaCu. I. p. 285, Vis. 1931, KalpDh. p. 105, AvaM. p. 277.
Damtakkhaliya (Dantolūkhalika) A class of Vāna prastha ascetics. Abhayadeva explains them as living on fruits. But really they should be a type of ascetics who used to eat whole and unground grain, as mentioned in the Manusmộti, using their teeth as inortar. 1. Bha. 417, Nir. 3. 3, Aup. 38.
3. See Manusmști 6. 17, 2. BhaA. p. 519.
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