Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c9.s7.223

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The **Jñātrikas** were the clan of Siddhārtha and his son Mahāvīra, the *Jina*. They had their seats at Kuṇḍapura or Kuṇḍagrāma and Kollāga, suburbs of Vaiśālī. In the *Mahā-parinibbāna Suttanta*,³ however, the abode of the “Nādikas” (identified by Jacobi with the Ñātikas or Jñātṛikas)⁴ is distinguished from Koṭigāma (Kuṇḍagrāma?). Though dwelling in suburban areas Mahāvīra and his fellow clansmen were known as “Vesālie,” *i.e.*, inhabitants of Vaiśālī.⁵