Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.139

c19.139

The same day in the evening Mahāvīra left Nāyasaṇḍa and set out for Kummāragāma. There were two routes leading to Kummīra, one by water and another by land. Mahāvīra preferred the latter and having reached there, stood in meditation. Mahāvīra was caused trouble here by a cowherd who took him to be a thief and wanted to hit him. Next day Mahāvīra proceeded to Kollāka Sannivesa where he broke his fast. From there he proceeded to Morāga Sannivesa and sojourned in a hermitage. Next day Mahāvīra left Morāga Sannivesa and after a period of eight months returned to the same place again. He put up here in a hut, but he had to leave this place very soon. Then Mahāvīra proceeded to Atthiyagāma and sojourned in the shrine of Sūlapāṇi. Here Sūlapāṇi Jakkha is said to have caused manifold trouble to Mahāvīra which he endured patiently and passed first rainy season in Atthiyagāma.