Prakrit Proper Names Part 1

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

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1. Ābhamkara (Abhankara) One of the eighty-eight Gahas.
1. Sur. 107, Sth. 90, SurM. pp. 295-296, SthA. pp. 78-79, Jams. pp. 534-535.
2. Ābhamkara A celestial abode in Sanamkumāra(1) and Māhimda(3) where gods live for a maximum period of three sägaropama years.1
1. Sam. 3.
Abhamkarapabhamkara (Abhankaraprabhankara) A celestial abode each in Sapaṁkumāra(1) and Māhimda(3) where gods live for a maximum period of three sägaropama years.?
1. Sam. 3. Ābharana A concentric island.1
1. AnuCu. p. 36.
Ābhāsiya (Abhāsika) (i) An Amtaradiva1 as well as (ii) an Aņāriya country and its people,
1. Sth. 304, Jiv. 108, 111. 2. PrasA. p. 15, NanM. pp. 102-103, Praj. 36-37.
Abbioga (Ābhiyoga) A kind of subordinate gods of Logapāla Jama(2) of Sakka(3),1
1. Bha. 166, Jam. 12.
Two ranges of Veyaddha(2) occupied by the
Ābhiogasedhi (Abhiyogaśreņi) Abhioga gods.
1. Jam. 12, Bha. 166.
Abhiogiya (Ābhiyogika) A class of mendicants who earned their livelihood by employing charms, lores, etc.)
1. Bha. 25, BhaA. p. 50.
1. Ābbira A country. The Kanhā(6) and Bennā(2) rivers flew therein. Bambhadiva was situated between these two rivers. Usabha(1) installed his son Sāgara(2) as the king of the Abhira kingdom. It was visited by Vairasāmi. The territory of the Abhīras comprises the region from the Tapti to the southern Konkan and from Nasik to the western part of Berar. This area was once under the reign of the Abhira chiefs.
1. JitBh. 1460, 1461, NisCu. III. p. 425, 1 2. KalpV. p. 236, KalpDh. p. 152.
AvaCu. I. p. 543, KalpDh. p. 171, 3. AvaCu. I. p. 397. KalpV. p. 263, KalpSam. p. 234. 4. See SGAMI. p. 91, GDA. p. 1.
2. Abhira A tribe known as 'Ahir.' This tribe is well known in the history of ancient India. It migrated from the north to the south. It occupied an