Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

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

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from his Vanaprastha asceticism during the short stay of the Master in the Sahasramravana garden. It finds mention also in other Jaina1 and Brāhmaṇical works as the city of the Kurus. It is stated that Rṣabhadeva the first Tirthankara was an inhabitant of this city.
The Vividha-tirtha-Kalpas attributes the foundation of Hastinapura to king Hasti after whose name it came to be known Hastinapura.
It stood on the Ganges in the Meerut district of Uttara Pradesh and is identified with the modern town of the same name in Mawana Tahsil.*
Kayangalā (Kajangalā)"
Kayangala was a town outside of which lay in the northeastern quarter the Chatrapalasaka Caitya where Lord Mahāvīra once appeared from Rajagṛha and converted the Parivrājaka named Skandaka to Sramana Dharma.
It is also mentioned in the Buddhist works and the account of Hiuen Tsang.' According to the Mahavaggas and the SumangalaVilasini, Kajangala formed the eastern boundary of Madhyadesa (middle country) during the Buddhist period.
Rahul Sankṛtyayan10 identifies it with Kankajola (or Kakajola) in Santhal Paragana in Bihar. It may correspond to the region in the Rajamahal area.
1 Sthānanga Sutra, 9, 691.
Märkandeya Purana, Ch, 57. 91, Bhagavat Purana, 1, 3, 6; 1, 8, 45; Cf. Ramayana, II, 68, 13; Mbh. 1, 128. Vividhatirtha-Kalpa: Jinaprabhasūri, Bombay 1934. See also Harivamsa Purana, 20, 1053-4, etc.
4 C.A.G I., p. 707.
5 BhS, 2, 1, 90.
Angultara Nikaya, V, 54; Majjhima Nikaya, III, 298. 7 Watters on Yuan Chwang, II. 8 Vinaya Texts, S.B.E. II. 38. 9 Sumangala Vilasini, II, 429.
10 Vinayapitaka, p. 213n.: Rahul Sänkṛtyāyan, Vide, Life in Ancient India, p. 295.