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Māņibhadda
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7. Māņibhadda A god who paid homage to Titthayara Mahāvira sojourning at Rāyagihe. He was a merchant of the same name in his previous birth. In future he will get emancipated in Mahăvideha. He seems to be the same as Māṇibhadda(1).
1. Nir. 3.6. 8. Māņibhadda One of the two presiding gods of Khododa.?
1. Jiv. 182. Māņibhaddakūda (Māņibhadrakūta) Same as Māņibhadda(5).
1, Jam. 12.
Identical with Mapus akhetta.
Mānusakhetta (Mānusaksetra)
1. Vis. 813, Sur. 100.
Same as Mānusuttara.1
Mānusanaga (Mānusanaga)
1. Sur. 100, Dev. 153.
Māņusaloya (Mānuşaloka) Identical with Maņussakhetta.1
1. Sur. 100 Mānusuttara Mānusottara) A circular mountain, known also as Mānusapaga, situated just in the middle of Pukkharavaradiva dividing it into two halves.
Beyond this mountain there exists no human being, hence it is called Mānusuttara. It is 1721 yojanas high, 430 krošas deep in the earth. It is 1022 yojaras bread at the base, 723 yojanas in the middle and 424 yojanas at the top. At these heights its circumference measures 14236714, 14234823 and 14232932 yojanas respectively. It has four peaks namely, Rayaņa(1), Rayanuccaya, Savvarayana(1) and Rayanasamcaya(2). Some shrines are situated on the top of the mountain. 1. Sur. 100, Jiv. 176, Jam. 140-141, Bha. 3. Sth. 300,
344, Dev. 136-137, 153, 155. Sth. 204. 4. Bha. 683. 2. Jiv. 178, Sam. 17, Sth. 724. These
three measurements seem to be of the
circumference facing the Kāloya ocean. 1. Mánusottara (Mānuşottara) A celestial abode in Sohamma(1) where the maximum age of gods is one sāgaropama years. They breathe once in a fortnight and have desire for food once in a thousand years.
1: Sam. 1. 1. Mātamga (Mātanga) Second chapter of Amtagadadasā, It is not extant.2 1. Sth. 755.
| 2. Stha. p. 509 2. Mátaṁga A country similar lo Kālikeya.'
1. Ava Cu. I. p. 162,
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