[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947) › c19.1639 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1639 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1639 - **Language:** English ### [c19.1639](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1639) This mountain was situated near the mountain of Kuñjarāvatta Vairasāmī is said to have visited this mountain along with his five hundred monks. He left one novice (\*khuddaga\*) here and in order to practise penance, went to the Kuñjarāvatta. It is said that the novice died here and that his body melted like a lump of ghee. Then the gods are said to have gone round the mountain in a chariot and worshipped him and hence this place came to be known as Rahāvatta⁶⁶⁵ It is mentioned that a battle took place between Vāsudeva and Jarāsandha near this mountain.⁶⁶⁶ (See also Ahicchatta). According to the \*Nisītha cūṇṇi\*, this mountain was situated in Vidisā.⁶⁶⁷ Rathāvarta is also mentioned in the \*Mahābhārata\* as a holy place.⁶⁶⁸ - [Previous: c19.1638](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1638) - [Next: c19.1640](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1640) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1639](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.1639) · Pramāṇa