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
"Rayagiha-Magaha-Campā-Aǹgā taha Tāmalitti-Vanga ya", while the Dasakumara Carita' mentions it as a city of Suhma, together with the temple of Binduvasini which was visited by Fa-hien' and Hiuen Tsang.
It was from here the mission of king Aśoka consisting of Sanghamitra and Mahendra embarked for Ceylon. Fa-Hien also left for the same country on his way to China, while I-Tsing disembarked here after coming from China by the sea-route and embarked for Sri-Vijaya (in Sumātrā) on his return journey. Tamalitti is identified with modern Tamaluk which stands on the bank of the river Rupanarayana in the Midnapore district (West Bengal).*
Tungiya (Tungikā)
Tungiya was a native town of a large number of Sramanopasakas who flourished by banking business. It was here in the Puspavati Caitya a religious discussion took place between those Šramanopāsakas of Lord Mahāvīra and followers of Lord Parsva
nātha's order.
It may be identified with the present Tungi which is lying two miles from Bihar-Shariff."
Udandapura'
Udandapura was a small town which is said to have been visited by Gośāla Mańkhaliputra in one of his births. Outside this town lay a Caitya called Candravatarana. Udandapura is identical with the town of Bihar-Shariff in the Patna district, which is also known as Dandapura or Udandapura, for it was the centre of the Dandins, a class of ascetics."
1 Dasakumara-Carita: Dandin (6th A.D.) Fa-Hien's travels in India.
I-Tsing, Vide, H.G.A.I. p. 263. 4 Vide, H.G.A.I. p. 263. 5 BhS, 2. 5, 107.
Pracina-Tirthamālā-Sangraha,
Bhavanagar, V. S. 1978.
pt 1, p. 16 Introduction. Vide, Life in Ancient India, p. 345. 7 Bhs, 15, 1, 55.
8 Arch. Survey of India, Vol. VIII, p. 75. Vide, Life in Ancient India. p. 345.