Prakrit Proper Names Part 1

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

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his queen Vejayamti(1). He was brother of Văsudeva(1) Purisapuṁdaria. In his previous birth he was Varāha(3). He was 29 bows tall. He lived 85 thousand years and attained emancipation. According to Tiloyapannatti 2 the name of the sixth Baladeva is Nandi.
1. Sam. 158, Tir. 577, 602-16, 1144, AvaN. 403, 414, Vis. 1766, Avam. pp. 237-240,
AvaBh. 41, Sth. 672. 2. 4. 517.
2. Änamda Sixth Baladeva(2) of the coming Ussappiņi in the Bharaha(2) region.
1. Sam. 159, Tir. 1144.
3. Anamda A householder of Rāyagiha at whose house Titthayara Mahāvīra had broken his second fast of one month's duration,
1. Bha. 541, AvaN. 474, 497, AvaCu. I. pp. 282, 300, AvaM. p. 276. 4. Āņamda First chapter of Uvāsagadasā.
1. Upa. 2, Sth. 755, UpaA. p. 1. 5. Anarda (Ananda) Ninth chapter of Kappavadamsiyā.
1. Nir. 2. 1. 6. Āņamda Grandson of king Sepia(1). 1
1. Nir. 2. 9.
Titthamkara of the
7. Anamda First principal disciple of Siala, the tenth current Osappiņi. He is also known as Namda(15). 1. Sam. 157.
2. Tir. 448.
8. Anamda A disciple of Titthayara Mahāvira who told the former about the extraordinary power possessed by Gosāla who had illustrated his power by narrating the story of some greedy merchants who were burnt to death by a poisonous snake in a forest.1
1. Bha. 547–8, SthA. p. 522, KalpV. p. 37. 9. Anamda One of the five Generals of Dharana(1). He controls the army of chariots.
1. Sth. 404. 10. Anamda Seventh chapter of Aņuttarovaväiyadasā. It is now extinct.
1. Sth. 755.
11. Anamda A multimillionaire householder of Vāņiyaggama. Sivāṇamdā was his wife. He was owner of four cattle-sheds each consisting of ten thousand cows. He had accepted all the twelve vows of a upāsaka. He was the first among the ten principal lay-votaries of Titthayara Mahāvīra.1