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Dabbhāyaṇa (Darbhāyaṇa)
1. Jam. 159, Sur. 50.
Dabbhiya (Darbhika)
1. SurM. p. 151.
Dabhiyana (Darbhāyana)
1. Sur. 50.
Dabbhiyāyaṇa (Darbhyāyaṇa) Same as Dabbhāyaṇa.1
1. Jam. 159.
Damaghosa (Damaghosa)
1. Jna. 117.
Same as Dabbhiyāyaṇa.1
1. Damila (Dravida)
359
Family-name of the Citta constellation.1
Same as Dabbhiyāyaṇa.1
Father of king Sisupāla.1
Damadamta (Damadanta) King of the city of Hatthisîha. He was invited to appear in the self-choosing (svayanvara) ceremony of Dovai.1 He was not in good terms with Pāṇḍavas. He renounced the world and took to asceticism. Once when he visited Hatthiṇaura, Dujjohana harassed him, whereas Judhiṭṭhila served him. But he had equanimity for both of them.2 2. AvaCn. I. p. 492. AvaN. 866, Vis. 3332-4, Mar. 442, AvaH. p. 365.
1. Jna. 117.
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Damayanti (Damayanti) A virtuous lady.1
1. Ava. p. 28.
Jain Education International
1. UttCu. p. 242, AvaCu. II. p. 81.
A race of this name.1
1. Praj. 37, SutSi. p. 123, Pras. 4.
2. BrhKs. IV. p. 1069.
3. NisCu. II. p. 362.
4. BrhBh. 3289, BrhKs III. p. 921. 5. BrhKs. p. 382.
Damila
2. Damila An Aṇāriya (non-Aryan) country.' Kañcipuri was situated in it.2 Ujjeni was transferred to Sampai by his father while the Damila country was conquered by himself.3 Sampai made Andhra, Dravida, Mahāraṣṭra, Kudukka, etc. suitable for the tour of monks. The people of Damila had their own language. It was not understood by the people from north India, whereas the people of Damila were not conversant with the Aryan languages.7 In the Dravida country crops were raised by water supplied from tanks.8 Clothes of very fine texture, made of lotus fibres, were produced there." It is identified with the country of Tamil speaking people of south India from Rameshvar to Tirupati.10
6. Ibid. p. 1038.
7. VyaBh. 4.139.
8. BrhKs. p. 283.
9. Jam. p. 20, JamS. p. 107.
10. LAI. p. 279, GDA. p. 57, SGAMI p. 86.
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