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PREFACE : XLIX
2.
5.
6.
Kunthu
3. Hastinā
pura Hastinā
pura Mithilā
Hastinā
pura Hastina
pura Mithilä
Hastinā
pura Hastinā
Ara
Hastinā
pura Hastinā
pura Mithilā
pura
Malli
Mithila
Rājagrha
Rājagrha
Rājagrha
Rājagrha
Munisuvrata Nami
Sammeda
-śikhara Sammeda
-sikhara Sammeda
-śikhara Sammeda
-shikara Sammeda
shikara Urjayanta Sammeda --shikara Pāvāpuri
Mithila
Mithilã
Mithilä
Mithila
Nemi Pārsva
| Saurīpura
Vārānasi
Saurīpura | Urjayanta | Urjayanta Vārānasi Vārānasi
Vārānasi
Mahāvīra
Ksatriya- kunda
Ksatriya
kunda
Rjuvālikā
Ksatriyakunda
Thus, in all, the Kalyānaka-ksetras of the Lords Prophets are - Ayodhyā, Purimatāla (Prayāga?), Astāpada (Mt. Kailāśa), Sammedaśikhara, Śrāvasti, Kaušāmbi, Vārānasi, Candrapura, Kākandi, Bhaddilapura, Simhapura, Campā, Kampilya, Ratnapura, Hastināpura, Mithilā, Rajagrha, Sauripura, Ürjayanta, Rjuvālikā and Pāvāpurī.
Nirvanaksetra -
Nirvanaksetra is, generally, also called Siddhaksetra. The place from where a monk or a Prophet attains liberation is called Nirvanaksetra or Siddhaksetra. The general belief is that there is no place on this entire earth from where one or the other monk has not attained nirvana. Hence, practically, the entire earth itself is Siddhaksetra. However, the place from where many a famous monk has attained nirvana is generally regarded as Nirvanaksetra or Siddhaksetra. In the Jaina tradition Šatruñjaya, Pāvāgiri, Turigagiri, Siddhavarakūta, Cūlagiri,
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