[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) › c19.2259 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2259 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.2259 - **Language:** English ### [c19.2259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.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 - [Previous: c19.2258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2258) - [Next: c19.2260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2260) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.2259) · Pramāṇa