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ham identifies it with Padarauna in Devaria Distt. while Dr. Rajbali Pandey (cf. op. cit. pp. 47-8) and Acarya Vijayendra Suri (cf, op. cit. pp. 85-7) refute both these views on the basis of the geographical reasons and identify Paya, the place of Nirvāna with the ruins of Sathiyamva Fazilanagara, 9 miles south east of Kusinagara in Meveria District. They have corroborated their views by quoting an archaeologist named Karlayle, who, on the basis of his archaeological survey, had identified Pava with the above place.
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Mahavamsa, Pariccheeda, IV-V.
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Op. cit. p.10
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See, "Date of Mahāvira's Nirvāna" in Chapter VII of this book.
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Evam ca sri Mahaviramuktervarsasate gate ! Panc pncasadadhike Candragupto bhayennrpah !! -- Parisista Parva, VIII, V. 339.
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Titthogali Painnaya, 620-21.
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Epitome of Jainism, Appendix A, IV.
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Published by Asiatic Society, Calcutta.
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Asmin nirvanato varsasatya (ta) nyamayasodasa ! Nayasastisca yasyanti ya da tatra pure tada !! Kumarapalabhupalo, caulukyakula - candramah ! Bhayisyati mahabahuh pracandakhandasasanah !! - Trisastisalal.apurusacaritra, parva X cantos XII,
v. 45-46.
An Advanced History of India by R.C. Majumdar, H.C. Raychaudhuri, and K. K. Datta, p. 202.
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Saramana, vol. XIII, No. VI., p. 10.
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Ajātasattuputto tam, ghatetvadayabhaddako ! Rajjam solasavassani, karesi mitta dubbhiko !! 1!! Udayabhaddaputto tam, ghatetva anuruddako ! Anuruddhassa putto tam ghateva mundanamako !! 2!!
