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Marudevi
552
She was the first to attain liberation in the current
attained emancipation. descending cycle. 4. AvaCu. I. p. 488.
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5. Ibid. p. 181.
2. Marudevi Nineteenth Titthayara of this Osappiņi in the Eravaya(1) region. See also Marudeva(1).
1. Tir. 330.
Maruya (Maruta) An Anāriya country and its people. It was on the way from Viibhaya to Ujjeņi. There was shortage of water in this region.? It was excessively sandy and wooden nails were fixed into the earth for the guidance of travellers.3 Maruya is identified with the Marwar region in Rajputana, i.e. Rajasthan.4
1. Praj. 37, Pras. 4, BrhKs. p. 759. 3. SutSi. p. 196. 2. AvaCu. I. p. 400, AvaH. p. 486. 4. GDA. p. 127, SGAMI. pp. 12, 26.
Maruyavamsa (Mauryavamsa) A dynasty which reigned after the Namda(1) kings. Since the reign of this dynasty the fourteen Puyvas gradually became extinct.
1. Tir. 621, 804.
1. Malaya An Ariya country as well as its people. Its capital was Bhaddilapura. Malaya is identified with the region south of Patna and south-west of Gaya in Bihar. 1. Praj. 37, SutSi. p. 123, Bha. 554, 2. SBM. p. 381.
AnuCu. p. 15.
1. Malaya An Aņāriya tribe and its habitat. It is perhaps the Mallai, Malloi or Malli tribe which maintained its tribal organisation from the time of Pānini up to the time of Samudragupta. It was then settled in the Punjab in the district of Multan. Later on it migrated towards the south and carved out its own territory which came to be known as Mālaya or Mālava.? It seems that Malaya and Mālaya are mentioned as two different peoples on account of their two settlements which came into being in two different times. Malaya seems to be a reference to the country of that
me in the Punjab and Malaya or Mālava stands for Malwa in Central India. It is just probable that this Malaya might be a reference to the Purānic Maladas who lived to the east of Prayag and to the west of Shahbad district of Bihar. 1. Praj. 37, Pras. 4.
3. SGAMI. pp. 28, 33, See also TAI. p. 397. 2. TAI. pp. 60-61, GESM. p. 108. 3. Malaya A village visited by Malāvira.1
1. AvaN. 509, AvaCa. I. p. 311, Vis. 1964.
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