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 SUTRA
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Sindhu-Sauvira corresponds to the region comprising the whole valley of the Indus from the Punjab to the sea including the delta and the island of Cutch.1
Punda (Pundra)'
Punda was a small state situated at the foot of the Vindhyagiri with its capital at Sayaduvara (Satadvāra). It is also mentioned in the other Jaina texts. Its identity has not yet been traced.
FOURTH SECTION
Geography
Some Towns and Cities
Atthiyagama (Asthikagrāma)'
It was
Aṭṭhiyagama is also mentioned in the Kalpa Sutra3. the place where Lord Mahāvīra passed his first rainy season during the period of his austerity.
According to the commentary on the Kalpa Sutra the earlier name of Varddhamana (Burdwan, West Bengal) was Asthikagrāma where a temple was erected on the bones of the dead people" killed by a Yakṣa Šulapāņi, while Dr. B. C. Law suggests the identification of Aṭṭhiyagama with Hatthigama Hastigrama) which lay on the high road from Vaisali to Pāvā. It is not yet definitely identified.
Alabhiya (Alabhikā)
Alabhiya was a city inhabited by Rṣibhadraputra and other Sramano pasakas. It also finds mention in other Jaina
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1 C.A.G.I. p. 284.
3 Thananga, 9, 693; Antagada, 5, p.
4 Bhs, 15, 1, 541.
• Commentary on the Kalpa Sutra.
7 Mahavira; His Life & teachings: B. C. Law. p. 33. 8 BhS, 11, 12, 423.
9 U vasagadasão, II, p. 103; Appendix p. 51-53; Niryukti, 516.
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2 BhS, 15, 1, 559.
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5 Kalpa Sutra, 5, 122.
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