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Payamga
Payaṁga (Patanga) Same as Payaga.1
1. Pras. 15.
1. Payaga (Pataga) A class of Vanamamtara gods.1 Payaga(2) Payagavai are the two lords of these gods.2
1. Praj. 47, Sth. 94.
1 2. Praj. 44, Sth. 94.
2. Payaga
1. Praj. 44, Sth. 94.
Payagavai (Patagapati)
1. Praj. 49, Sth. 94.
Payausa
Lord of the southern Payaga(1) gods.1
Payalla (Prakalya)
One of the eighty-eight Gahas.1
1. Sur. 107, JamS. pp. 534-535, SthA. pp. 78-79, SurM. pp. 295-296.
1. Aup. 33.
440
Same as Pausa.1
2. Payavai
Lord of northern Payaga(1) gods.1
Payaga (Prayaga) A sacred place. Preceptor Anniyaputta, while crossing river Gamga at Pupphabhadda city, was drowned along with his disciples near this place. All of them obtained omniscience and attained liberation then and there. Gods celebrated the occasion at this place. That is why it came to be regarded as a holy place.1 Payaga is also referred to as one of the unholy places (kutittha) as it is accepted as a tirtha by the heretics. 1 2. NisCu. III. p. 193.
1. AvaCu. II. p. 179.
1. Payāvai (Prajapati) Another name of king Rivupa disattu of Poyaṇapura. His wife Bhadda(2) gave birth to Ayala(6) and Miyavai(2). Since he married his own daugter Miyavai, people called him by this name. According to the Vedas, Prajapati, i.e. Brahma had accomplished his marriage with his own daughter.1 Vasudeva(1) Tivittha(1), former birth of Mahavira, was the son of king Payavai and queen Miyāvai.2
1. AvaCu. I. p. 232, KalpV. p. 43.
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1. Jam. 157, 171, Sth. 90.
3. Payāvai vable beings).1
1. Sth. 303.
Presiding deity of the Rohini(10) constellation.1
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2. AvaN. 448, Tir. 568, 602-3, Vis. 1814, KalpDh. p. 38, Sam. 158, Sth. 672.
One of the five presiding deities of the sthavarakāya (immo
4. Payavai Some believe that Payāvai, i.e. Prajapati Brahma is the creator of the universe.'
1. Pras. 7, SutSi. p. 41.
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