Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.166
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.166
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From Campā Mahāvīra reached Jambhiyagāma, and then journeyed to Mendhiyagāma. Then he proceeded to Chammānigāma where a cow-herd is said to have thrust iron nails into his ears. Mahāvīra arrived at Majjhima Pāvā in this condition when the nails were removed from his ears. From here the Teacher travelled towards Jambhiyagāma where on the northern bank of the river Ujjuvāliyā, in the farm of the householder Sāmāga, under a sāla tree, in north-east of the Veyāvatta shrine, after a period of 12 years, 6 months and 15 days, Mahāvīra attained omniscience (kevala) on the bright tenth day of vaiśākha ³