Prakrit Proper Names Part 1

SR No.: 001125
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mohanlal Mehta, K R Chandra, Dalsukh Malvania
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 504
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Dictionary, & Dictionary - Language
File Size: 9 MB

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Udāiņa (Udāyana) See Udāyaṇa.?
1. AvaCu. II. p. 36.
Udāimäraga (Udāyimāraka) Assassin of Udāi(2), son of king Kūņiya.1 1. NisCu. I. p. 2, SthA. p. 182, AcaSi. p. 210, BrhBh. 1238, JitBh. 2496, AcaCu.
p. 6, AvaCu. II. p. 29.
1. Udāyaṇa (Udāyana) King of the city of Vītībhaya in Simdhusovira. King Mahasena(1) etc. were under him. He had married Pabhävati(3), daughter of Cedaga.? Abhīti was his son. He, instead of giving his kingdom to his son, gave it to his nephew (bhāgineya), named Kesi(2), renounced the world and became a disciple of Titthayara Mahāvīra.3 Once monk Udāyana came to the city of Vitībhaya. Kesi thought that Udāyaṇa had come to deprive him of the kingdom. Deluded by this sort of feeling he, with the help of a physician, poisoned him to death
Once king Udāyana had to fight with Pajjoya, the king of Ujjeņi for an image of Jivamtasāmi. Pajjoya was defeated and imprisoned by Udāyana. Later on he was released on the auspicious occasion of paryusana (a religious festival) and his kingdom was returned to him. This incident is often quoted in Jain literature as an ideal of forgiveness. Udāyana was the last king who became a monk. 1. Bha. 491, KalpV. p. 298.
5. AvaCu. I. p. 401, DasC. p. 61, 2. AvaCu. II. p. 168, SutCu. p. 28.
NisCu. III. p. 147. 3. Bha. 491.
6. AvaCu. II. p. 171. 4. SthA. p. 431, AvaCu. II. p. 36.
2. Udāyaṇa King of Kosambi. He was son of Sayāņiya and grandson of Sahassāniya. Miyāyai(1) was his mother and Paumāvai(6) was his wife. He was a famous lutist and could subjugate elephants by his art of luting.” He was tactfully imprisoned by Pajjoya, the king of Ujjeni, and was compe
to teach the art of luting to his daughter Vāsavadattā(1).3 Udāyana escaped from the prison, eloped with Vāsavadattā and married her.
1. Bha. 441, Vip. 24, AvaCu. I. p. 615. 3. Utts. p. 142. 2. AvaCu. II. p. 161.
4. AvaCu. II. p. 161. Udayi (Udāyin) See Udāi.1
1. AvaCu. II. p. 177, Sth. 691.
Udiodaa (Uditodaya) King of the city of Purimatāla. Sirikamtā(1) was his wife. King Dhammarui(1) of Vāņārasi had attacked him to capture his queen.1
1. Avaču. I. p. 559, AvaN. 943, 1545, NanM. pp. 165-6, Vip. 17, AvaH. p. 430. Udiodia (Uditodita) Same as Udiodaa.!
1. Vip. 17, AvaCu. I. p. 559.