Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s9.4
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c13.s9.4
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c13.s9.4
We have references to thūbhas and the cetyas, built upon the remains of the deceased persons. Such thūbhas are said to have been built on Atthāpada in memory of Usabha by his son Bharaha.¹⁴⁷ We are told that in the village of Vaddhāmanaya a Jakkha temple was built on the bones of the deceased persons of the town, and hence this village came to be known as Atthiyagāma.¹⁴⁸ The temple (*devakula*) built on the remains of the dead was also called *maḍagaleṇa* or *matagaha*.¹⁴⁹