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Gamdhila
1. Gamdhāra (Gandhāra) A kingdom also known as Gamdhahāra? where king Naggai reigned.? Its capital was Purisapura. A śrāvaka from this country went to Vitibhaya to pay homage to the sandal image of Mahāvīra. Gamdhāra is identified with the region comprising the districts of Peshawar and Ravalpindi. 1. Pras. 4, Praj. 37.
4. AvaCu. I. p. 399, Uttn. p. 96. 2. Utt. 18.46, UttN. p. 299, AvaCu.
NisCu. III. p. 144. II. p. 208, AvaBh. 208.
5. GDA. P. 60. 3. UttCu. p. 178, AvaCu. II. p. 208.
2. Gamdhāra A Vijaya(23) in Avaravideha. Its capital was Gamdhasamiddha. King Mahabbala(3) reigned there.1
1. AvaCu. I. p. 165, AvaM. p. 158. Avah. p. 116.
3. Gamdhāra A country just like Kālikeya.1
1. AvaCu. I. p. 162.
1. Gamdhāri (Gandhāri) Wife of (Hariesa) Balakotta and step-mother of ascetic Hariesabala.
1. UttCu. p. 202.
2. Gamdhāri A goddess.1
1. Ava. p. 18, BrhBh. 2508.
Third chapter of the fifth section of Amtagadadasā.1
3. Gamdhāri
1. Ant. 9.
4. Gamdhāri One of the eight principal wives of Vāsudeva(2) Kapha(1). She renounced the world, took initiation from Titthayara Aritthanemi, practised asceticism for twenty years and then attained liberation.
1. Ant. 10, Sth. 626, Ava. p. 28, KalpV. p. 213.
Gamdhāvai (Gandhāpātin) A Vatta-veyaddha mountain in the Rammaga(5) region of Jambuddiva. It is situated to the west of river Ņarakamtā and to the east of river Ņārīkamtā. Paumā(16) is its presiding god. Elsewhere Gamdhāvai is said to be situated in Harivāsa(1)a and Aruņa(3) as its presiding deity.3 1. Jam. III, Jiv. 141, BhaA. p. 436.
3. Sth. 87, 302. 2. Sth. 87, 92, 302, Jiv. M. p. 244. 1. Gamdhila Seventh of the eight districts in the north of western Mahāvideha. Avajjhā is its capital.1
1. Jam. 102.
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