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Paumāvai
420
14. Paumävai One of the eight principal wives of Vasudeva Kanha(1),1 She was daughter of king Hiraņpaņābha of Ariştapura In order to obtain her Kapha had to fight with many of the kings invited on the occasion of her self-choosing (svayamvara) ceremony. She took initiation from Titthayara Aritthapemi, observed asceticism under nun Jakkhiņi for a period of twenty years and then attained emanicipation.3
1. Ant. 9, Ava. p. 28, Sth. 626. 3. Ant. 9, SthA. p. 433, Sth. 626. 2. Pras. 16, Prasa. p. 88, Pras). p. 89.
First chapter of the fifth section of Amtagadadasā.
15. Paumāvai
1. Ant. 9.
16. Paumával One of the eight principal Disākumāris of the western Ruyaga(1) mountain. She presides over the Mamdara(4) peak.1
1. Jam. 114, Tir. 157, Sth. 643. Paumāvati (Padmāvati) See Paumávai. 1. Bha. 406, Ant. 9, Vip. 24, Sam. 626, Sth. 643, Jna. 68, 96, 141, Utts. p. 300, NisCu.
II. p. 232, AvaCu. II. pp. 164, 205, AvaCu. I. p. 499. 1. Paumuttara (Padmottara) A Disābatthikūda situated in Bhaddasālavana."
1. Sth. 642, Jam. 103.
Father of Mahāpauma(4), the ninth Cakkavafti.1
2. Paumuttara
1. Sam. 158.
3. Paumuttara A god presiding over Paumuttara(1) Disähatthikada and having his abode there. 1
1. Jam. 103.
Paurajamgha (Pracurajangha) One of the four kinds of people during the Susamã era. They have their thighs very strong. . 1. Jam, 26.
12. Jams. p. 131 Pausa (Prakusa) An Aņāriya country. It is perhaps the same as Bausa.
1. Praj. 37, Pras. 4, Aup. 33, NisCu. II. p. 470.
Paesi (Pradešin) King of the city of Seyaviyā. He was very cruel and had no faith in the independent existence of soul. He regarded the self to be identical with the body. It was ascetic Kesi(1) who convinced him with the help of emperical illustrations and arguments that the self is independent entity. Later Paesi became Upāsaka (layvotary). His wife Sūriyakamtā did not like this. She went to the extent of asking their son to kill him. The son declined to commit such a sinful act. Then the queen her
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