Life in Ancient India as Depicted in Jain Canons

SR No.: 011077
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jagdishchandra Jain
Publisher: New Book Company
Publication Year: 1947
Total Pages: 429
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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LIFE IN ANCIENT INDIA
Kālaya—a settlement
Kalaya Sannivesa was situated near Våniyagāma to its north-east.812 Mahāvīra arrived here from Campā and proceeded to Pattakälaya.319
Its exact location is not known.
Kalingame kingdom
Kalinga is included among the twenty five and a half Aryan countries with Kancanapura as its metropolis. Kalinga is mentioned with Dravida and Vanga,314
In the Hāthigumphā Inscriptions we are told that king Khāravela brought back to his realm from Anga-Magadha the throne of Jina which had been carried from Kalinga by king Nanda According to the Mahabharata, the ancient Kalinga seems to have comprised modern Orissa to the south of Vaitarani and the sea-coast southward as far as Vizagapattam, and its capital was Rājapura.315
Kaliyadiva-an island
Käliyadiva was noted for its horses (see Hatthisisa). It is not identified.
Kamboya-2 country
Kamboya was a non-Aryan country and was noted for its finc horses which excelled all other horses in speed, and no noise could frighten
them. 316
In the commentary on the Petavatthu (p 113), Dvārakā or Darwaz occurs with Kamboja. Kamboja is identified with the Badakshān and the Ghälchā speaking part of the Pamir, a territory to the north of Kash
Kāmiyasara—a lake
It is stated that at the bank of this lake there stood a wonderful trea known as važularukkha. :18
Kāmyakavana is mentioned in the Mahābhārata (III. 5.3); it was situated in Kurukshetra.10
81: Ava. Ti , p. 456. B18 See Supra, p. 258. BI4 Jambu Ti , 20, p 107. B16 GEBP 64 818 Uttara Sú, 11 16 , Röya. Su 160. Also see Mahabha , VI., 90-3; VII, 23 24; com.
on the Digh, I, p. 124. DIT Tayachand Vidyalankar, Bharat Bhimi aur ushe Niwasi, Agra, V S. 1087. D 300, also
Dr Motichand's article on Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharala,
1. UPS, Vol XVI, part II, pp. 38 ff 818 Anu. Ti., Haribhadra, p. 11, also see Märkandeya , P 28. 810 G.D., p. 88.