[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) › c19.859 # Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.859 Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.859 - **Language:** English ### [c19.859](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.859) Kākandi, Kigaṇḍi or Kāndi—a city Kākandi was the birthplace of the ninth Titthayara.³⁰⁴ Mahāvīra is said to have visited this place³⁰⁵ The Bhagavatī mentions thirty three samaṇas living in Kākandi³⁰⁶ Kākaṇḍiyā is described as a sākhā of the Jain samaṇas in the Kalpasūtra.³⁰⁷ Kākandi is identified with Kākan in the Monghyr district.³⁰⁸ - [Previous: c19.858](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.858) - [Next: c19.860](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.860) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19) ## Cites (1) - [Kalpasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cheda.1.kalpasutra) — Bhadrabāhu, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.859](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jain-1947.c19.859) · Pramāṇa