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PREFACE : XLVII
worship. Thus, even those places where temples of architectural grandeour and artistic value were constructed or where the Jina idol was believed to be endowed with miraculous powers were also considered to be places of pilgrimage. The fame of Uttarāpatha, Kosala and Mathura was due to this very reason. In our view, the subsequent division of places of pilgrimage as Kalyānaka-ksetra, Siddha-ksetra and Atiśaya-ksetra, also, was due to this consideration only.
Types Of Places Of Pilgrimage -
In the Jaina tradition the places of pilgrimage are generally classified into three categories: -
1. Kalyānaka-ksetra, 2. Nirvāna-ksetra and 3. Atiśaya-ksetra.
Kalyānaka-ksetra -
These are places where any of the five auspicious events in the lives of any of the twenty-four prophets occured. The dates of conception in the mothers' wombs, birth, self-ordination, enlightenment and liberation of the Lords Prophets are considered as auspicious and they are called Kalvānakas. The places where these events take place are called Kalyānaka-bhümis. We are presenting a brief statement of the Kalyānaka-bhūmis of the twenty-four Prophets in the following table :
38 Uttarāvahe dhammacakkan, mahurae devanimmiya thubho kosalae va jiyantapadimă, titthakarāna vā jammabhūmio
- Niśītha Cūrī, Pt. III, p. 79.
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