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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Namda
6. Namda
1. Jam. 152, Sur. 49.
7. Namda
First would-be Vasudeva(1) of the Bharaha(2) region.1 1. Sam. 159, Tir. 1143.
8. Namda Previous birth of Pedhälaputta(1), the eighth would-be Titthamkara of the Bharaha(2) region.1
1. Sam. 159.
First, sixth and eleventh days of a fortnight.1
9. Namda A resident of Nasikkaṇagara. Since he is the husband of Sumdari(2), he is also known as Sumdariṇamda. He was too much attached to his wife who was very beautiful. His brother who was a monk thought of distracting him from this worldly attachment. He with his supernatural power created a she-monkey, a Vidyadhari and then a goddess, the last having peerless beauty, to divert him to the right path. On enquiry that how he would get the goddess, the monk asked him to live the monastic life and he became a monk.1
10. Namda
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1. Nan. 73, NanM. p. 167, AvaCu I. p. 556, AvaN. 944, AvaH. p. 436.
2. There is a similar story in Pali Tripitaka. Here Buddha himself is the elder halfbrother of Nanda Thera. The latter is too much attached to Janapada Kalyani Nanda. To divert his mind Buddha shows him the charred remains of a female monkey and then a most beautiful nymph. To get the latter he sticks to the monastic life sincerely as asked by Buddha and then he attains Arhatship.
See Nanda Thera (1) and Sundarananda in DPPN.
The Sundaranandam Kavyam of Asvaghosa is based on this story.
1. AvaCu. I. p. 159.
13. Namda
11. Namda A lapidary of Rayagiha. He was a follower of Mahavira. He got constructed a pond in order to provide facility of water to the people of the area. He was so much attached to that pond that after death he was born there as a frog.1 See also Daddura(2).
1. Jna. 93-5.
1. Jna. 77.
Principal lay-votary of Titthayara Aritthaṇemi.1
12. Namda A boatsman who allowed ascetic Dhammarui(3) to cross the river in his boat but harassed him afterwards for not paying the fare. The ascetic got enraged and burnt him to death with his supernatural power.1
1. AvaCu. I. p. 516, Vis. 3575, AvaH. p. 389.
A prince who took initiation from Titthamkara Malli(1).1
14. Namda
One of the hundred sons of Titthayara Usaha(1).1 1. KalpDh. pp. 151, 152, KalpV. p. 236.