Book Title: Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra
Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur
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554 STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SŪTRA [Ch. IX the Mahābhārata! which mentions Vipula instead of Vebhāra. This hill was intimately associated with Jainism and Buddhism as a sacred place, for many saints belonging to the two orders attained emancipation here. According to the Bhs it was situated at the outskirt of Rājagrha and had the hot spring from which hot water always flowed.
“Sayā samio usine āuyāe abhiņissa vai."
This Vebhāra hill is identified with the Vaibhāragiri of modern Rājgir.
Besides these mountains there is also mention of some mountains, such as, Vaitādhya, Citra-Vicitra-Yamaka mountains, Kancana mountains, etc. where Jrmbhaka gods live.s
It is difficult to identify them correctly at the present state of knowledge of Indian Geography.
It is stated in the Jambuddiva Pannatti* that the Vaitādhya mountain range divides Bharatavarga into two halves, viz. the northern half and southern half. May it be identical with the Vindhya mountain ?.
i Mahabharata, 1, 113, 77 ; See LHQ, Keith, 1939, 163-64. * Bhs, 2, 5, 113.
SI6, 14, 8, 533, • Jambuddiva Pannatti, 1, 12.
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