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the age of eight he accepted asceticism from preceptor Sangamasimha, the disciple-brother of Nāgahastin. He was instructed by Mandanaganin. He became acārya after ten years of his initiation. 6. See Ch 5. Pālittaga or Pälittaya (Padaliptaka) See Pälitta.
1. Ava Cu. II. p. 554, BrhBh. 4915. PinN. 498. Pāliya (Palita) A merchant of the city of Campā. He was a lay-votary (śrāvaka) and had a son named Samuddapāla.
1. Utt. 21. 1, UttCu. p. 261. Pāvasamaņijja (Pāpasramaniya) Seventeenth chapter of Uttrajjbayaņa.1
1. Sam. 36, Uttn. p. 9. 1. Pāvā (Pāpā) Capital of the Bhamgi country. It should have lain in the region adjoining the Parasnath hills.? 1. Praj. 37, SutSi p. 123.
2. SBM. p. 375. 2. Pāvā Mahāvīra attained emancipation at this place. Mahāpauma(10) will also attain emacipation at this place which is said to be different from Pāvā-Majjhimā.? In the Pali literature there is mentioned that the place of the death of Nirgrantha Jñātņputra (i.e. Mahāvira) was a city of the Mallas and it lay near Kusinārā.3 It is identified with Padraona near Kusinaç ara cr Pappaur near Sewan which was the capital of the Mallas. Some identify it with Sathiyānva Diha, 10 miles south-east of Kusinara.5
1. Ava N. 307, Vis. 1702, Tir. 555. 1 4. See also GDA.p. 155, SBM. p. 375; These 2. Tir. 1106.
works identify Pavā with modern Pāvā3. DPPN. pp. 193-194.
puri (in South Bihar). 5. 'Vaishali' by Vijayendrasuri (second edi
tion). pp. 85-87. Pāvā-Majjhimā A town also mentioned as Majjhimā(1), Majjhimāņayari and Majjhimā Pāvāl. Mahāvira, after having attained omniscience, visited this place and stayed in the Mahāseņavaņa park of this place. At that time Brahmin Somila(2) was performing a big yajña (sacrifice). Mahāvīra's second samosarana=samavasarana was held here. He attained the status of dhammavaracakkavatti=dharmavaracakravartin as he delivered here his great sermon. He initiated Imdabhūi and other ten Brahmins and appointed them as his Ganadhras.3 Second samavasarana of Mahāpauma(10) will also be held here. He will also initiate eleven Ganadharas. This place is identified with modern Pavapuri seven miles to the east of Bihar-Sarif in Bihar. The Kalpasūtra mentions that Mahāvīra passed his last rainy 1. AvaCu. I. pp. 322, 324, AvaN. 526, 3. Avan. 593, Vis. 2011. Kalp V. p. 171.
4. Tir, 1093 2. Ibid. Avan. 541, Vis. 1996.
5. GDA. p. 155, SBM. p. 375.
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