Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1122

c19.1122

Kunāla is included among the twenty five and a half countries with Sāvatthī as capital Mahāvīra allowed the Jain monks to move upto Kunāla to the north of Sākera ⁴²⁶ The following story is mentioned about the destruction of Kunāla Once two hermits, named Karaḍa and Ukkaraḍa, were sojourning in Kunāla in the shrine of Niḍḍhamana Jakkha Owing to their stay there, there were no rains in the country, although it was raining everywhere else Some people blamed the holy men and asked them to quit The hermits flew into a passion The first said "Rain cloud on Kunāla" The second said "For full fifteen days" The first said "With drops as large as clubs" The second said "As by day, so also by night" Owing to the curse of the hermits, the heavens poured down for fifteen days and the whole country was flooded. It is stated that three years after this incident both hermits died at Sākera and after thirteen years Mahāvīra attained *Kevalahood*.⁴²⁷