Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.49
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.49
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Like Rāyagiha, Campā too was frequently visited by Mahāvīra and his disciples. It is said that when Seniya dīed, Kūniya shifted his capital from Rāyagiha to Campā It was in Campā that the seventh and the eighth Angas of the Jain canon were explained to Jambu by his teacher Ajja Su hamma Dadhivāhana was another powerful sovereign of Campā whose daughter Candanā became the first female disciple of Mahāvīra Like Sammeya, Campā also was considered a holy place by Jains Campā was a big centre of trade and merchants travelled from here as far as Mihilā, Ahicchattā, Pihuṇḍa and other places with their merchandise.