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Varadatta
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1. Varadatta Tenth chapter of the second section of Vivagasuya.i
1. Vip. 33. 2. Varadatta Son of king Mittanamdi and his queen Sirikamtā(6) of Sägeya. He had five hundred wives with Varasenā at their head. He took initiation from Titthayara Mahavira and became a god in the Savvatthasiddha celestial abode after death. In his previous birth he was king Vimalavāhaņa(1) of the city of Sayaduvära.1
1. Vip. 34. 3. Varadatta One of the hundred sons of Usabha(1),
1. KalpDh. p. 151, KalpV. p. 236.
4. Varadatta First disciple of Aritthanemi, the twenty second Titthamkara. He (as a householder) was the first person to give alms to him.2
1. Sam. 157, Tir. 454, AvaCu. I. p. 2. Sam. 157, AvaN. 329, AvaM. p. : 159, Nir. 5.1, AvaM. p. 209, Kalps.
227. p. 169.
Varadā A river. People living on the banks of this river used 'hale' in addressing others. It is identified with river Wardha in the modern Madhya Pradesh. 1. DasCu. p. 250.
2. GDA. p. 23.
Varadāma A sacred place situated at the southernmost point of Bharaha(2) region where it meets the Lavana ocean. Its lord was subjugated by Bharaha(1).1 Similarly, there is a sacred place of the same name in Eravaya(1)2 as well as in Mahăvideha. 1. Jam. 45-6, 49, Ava M. p. 230, JivM. 2. Raj. 135, 244.
3. Sth. 142. Varadāmatittha (Varadāmatirtha ) See Varadāma.
1. Jam. 49. Varadiņņa (Vardatta ) Same as Varadatta(4),"
1. Avan. 329, AvaM. p. 227. Varadhanu (Varadhanus) Son of Dhanu(1), minister of king Bamlha(1), of Kampillapura. He was very intelligent. He had been a friend of Cakkavatti Bambhadatta(1) from his very childhood. Later he became his minister.1 1. Uttn. and Utts. pp. 377 ff., NanM. pp. 166-7, AvaCu. I. p. 562, VyaBh. IV. 204,
220 and VyaM. on it, BrhBh. 6290, 6304, Aval. p. 430. Varadhaṇua (ga) (Varadhanuşka) Same as Varadhaņu."
1. AvaCu. I. p. 562, BrhBh. 6290, 6304.
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