Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SŪTRA
[Ch. IX
and Brahmanical' works as a distinct territorial unit with its capital at Kausāmbi (Kośām).
According to the tradition recorded in the Harivamia Purāna the origin of the Vatsas and the building up of their land (Vatsabhumi) are attributed to a prince of Kasi and the foundation of the city of Kosambi or Kausambi to a Cedi king, Kośamba by name according to the Rāmāyaṇa. Probably Fatsa corresponds to the region lying to the north-east of Avanti along with the bank of the Yumuna southwards from Kosala to the west of Allahabad" and the south of the Ganga."
Kottha (Koccha - Kautsa)
Kottha may correspond to Kausikikaccha lying to the east of the river Kausiki in the district of Purnea (N. Bihar)."
This Kaccha or Kautsa may probably be identical with Kautsa of the Udayagiri Inscription of Candragupta II, whose minister is called Kautsa-saba i.e. a boy or man of Kautsa.8
Ladha (or Radha)
Ladha is also mentioned in other Jaina texts Buddhist works,10 and several epigraphic records" as a separate unit of territory.
According to the Acaranga Sutra it was a pathless land comprising two sub-divisions, viz. Subbhabhumi and Vajjabhumi where lived the rude people who set their dogs on Lord Mahāvīra
1 Aitareya-Brahmana, VIII. 14. 3. It mentions the people of Vatsa as Vasas.
2 Harivamsa, p. 29-73.
* Rāmāyaṇa, 1, 32.
4 Buddhist India p. 3.
5 N. L. Dey, Geographical Dictionary p. 100.
6 Rāmāyaṇa, 52, 101.
? N.L. Dey, Geographical Dictionary p.97. Vide, Life in Ancient India p. 298.
8 Udayagiri Inscription of Candragupta II. Vide, Select Inscriptions: Dr. D. C. Sarkar p. 272, A. D. 401.
9 Acaranga Sutra, 1, 8, 3-4.
10 Majjhima Nikaya, 1. 79 Vide, H.G. of Ancient India p. 254, 11 Bhuvanesvara Inscription of Bhaṭṭa-Bhavadeva; Terumalai Rock Inscription of Rajendra Cola, etc.