Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.141

c19.141

From Atthiyagāma Mahāvīra set out for Morāga Sannivesa again where lived an ascetic named Acchandaka. Then Mahāvīra proceeded to Vācāla, which was divided into Uttaravācāla and Dakkhiṇavācāla, and between them flowed the rivers Suvaṇṇakūlā and Ruppakūlā. Mahāvīra was going from Dakkhiṇavācāla to Uttaravācāla when the remaining half¹ of his garment was caught in the thorns on the bank of Suvaṇṇakūlā, and from this time it is said that the Teacher went about naked. Now there were two routes to Uttaravācāla, one passing right through the hermitage named Kanakakhala and another from outside it. The former, which was more difficult, was chosen by Mahāvīra where he was caused much trouble by a poisonous serpent. From here Mahāvīra proceeded to Seyaviya which lay near the above hermitage and where he was received by king Paesi. Then the Teacher crossed the Ganges and reached Surabhipura and from there proceeded to Thūnāka Sannivesa and stood in meditation there Then Mahāvīra reached Rāyagṛha and sojourned in a weaver's shed in Nālandā where he passed second rainy season. Here Gosāla met him and the two of them left for Kollāga