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Pamcajanna
self poinsoned him (Paesi) to death. He, thereafter, took birth as god Suriyabha(2) in Sohammakappa.1
1. Raj. 142 ff., AvaN. 469, AvaCu. I. p. 279, Vis. 1923, AvaH. p. 197. Paoga (Prayoga) Sixteenth chapter of Pannavaṇā.1
1. Praj. v. 5.
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Paosa (Pradoṣa) An Aṇāriya country.1 Maids were brought from there and employed to serve in harems.2
1. Praj. 37.
I 2. BhaA. p. 460.
Pamkappabha (Pamkaprabha) An infernal region, fourth in order. It is mudlike in appearance. There are ten lakhs of dwelling places in it and the maximum span of life of its denizens is ten sägaropama years.1 Amjaṇā(3) is its another name.5 It has six Mahāṇirayas dreadful infernal abodes, namely, Āra, Vāra, Māra, Rora, Rorua and Khāḍakhaḍa.
1. Sut. 5.1.
2. Nir. 1.1.
3. AnuH. p. 89, AnuCu. p. 35.
Pamkavai (Pankavati)
1. Sth. 197, 522.
Pamkabahula (Pankabahula) One of the three layers of Rayanappabhā region. It measures from top to bottom eighty-four thousand yojanas..1
1. Sam. 84; The text gives erroneous reading of eightyfour lakh yojanas. Sce SamA. p. 90 and Jiv. 79.
4. Sth. 757.
5. Ibid. 546.
6. Ibid. 515.
See Paṁkāvai.1
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1. Pamkavai (Pankavati) A pond (Kunda) situated in Mahāvideha. lies to the east of the district of Mamgalavatta and west of district Pukkhala. It is located in the southern ridge of Nilavamta(1). It measures just like Gāhāvaīkuṁḍa.1
1. Jam. 95.
2. Pamkavai A river that emerges from Paṁkāvai(1) kuṇḍa and flows further separating Maṁgalavatta and Pukkhalavatta districts of Mahavideha.1 It flows in the north east of mount Maṁdara(3).
1. Jam. 95, Sth. 197, 522.
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Pamcakappa (Pañcakalpa) A canonical text dealing with five varieties of monastic conduct. Probably it forms a part of Kappabhāsa.
1. BrhM. p. 83, AvaCu. I. p. 415, VyaM. 4.306, UttS. p. 178.
Pamcajanna or Pamcayanna (Pañcajanya) deva(2) Kanha(1).1
1. Jna. 124, Tir. 572.
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