Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2259

c19.2259

This mountain lay at the outskirts of Rāyagiha near Nālandā.⁹⁴⁰ A detailed description of Vebhāra is given in the Nāyādhammakahā,⁹⁴¹ where queen Dhāriṇī is said to have gone to accomplish her pregnancy longing. Various monks and ascetics are described to have practised penance and achieved their goal here.⁹⁴² Near this mountain was situated the spring known as Mahātavovatīrappabha (See Mahātavovatīrappabha). According to the Vivāhasūriyapaṇṇatti, the eleven gaṇadharas submitted to pādopagamana and attained salvation here.⁹⁴³ It is one of the five hills of Rājagṛha.⁹⁴⁴