Prakrit Proper Names Part 1

Author(s): Mohanlal Mehta, K R Chandra, Dalsukh Malvania
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Atthiyaggāma
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same as Hatthigāma of the Pāli texts. It is identified with Hithikhāla, a place near Shivpur Kothi which is eight miles west of modern Hathuvā in Bihār.8
8. See SN. Int. p. 7.
Atthiyaggāma (Asthikagrāma) Same as Atthiyagama.1
1. Avaču. I. p. 294, Vis. 1914. Atthisena (Asthisena) One of the seven brarches cf Vaccha(4) lineage.1
1. Sth. 551.
Adamba (Adamba) A country visited by Titthayara Usaha(1).1
1. AvaN. 336, Vis. 1716.
Adambara (Adambara) Same as Ādambara.1
1. AvaCu. II. p. 227.
Aqoliyā (Adolikā) Daughter of Java(1) and sister of king Gaddabha(1) of Ujjeni. Being attracted by her peerless beauty Gaddabha behaved unchaste with her.
1. BrhBh. 1155, BrhKs. pp. 359, 360.
1. Anamga (Ananga) Son of king Jitāri(1) and his queen Visatthā of Anamdapura. He suffered from eye-sore in his childhood. To subside the pain his mother used to press him softly between her uncovered thighs. This act caused conjoining of their sexual organs. Anamga used to derive pleasure from it and kept quiet. This tendency went on growing. It developed to such an extent that after the death of Jitāri, the son and the mother lived as husband and wife. This is an example of the intersity of sexual urge.1
1. BrhBh. 5218-5220, NisCu. III. p. 268, GacV. p. 26.
2. Apamga Same as Aņamgapavitoha.
1. BrhBh. 144, Vis, 530, 847.
Anamgapavittha (Anangapravista) Same as Amgabāhira.1
1. Anu. 3-4, AvaCu. I. p. 8, Vis. 530.
Anamgaseņa (Anangasena) A goldsmith of Campā who is also known as Kumāraṇamdi. He was very fond of beautiful girls. He used to marry them even at the cost of a large sum. Thus, he had married five hundred girls. Once he saw Hásă(2) and Pahāsā, the widows of Vijjumāli, a yaksa of Pamcasela island. Deluded by them he went to the island where he died and took rebirth as the husband of Hāsā and Pahāsā.1
1. NisCu. III. pp. 140-1, 269, BrhBh. 5225, AvaCu. 1. pp. 397ff., BrhKs. p. 706.