Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s16: Muruṇḍa

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s16

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Muruṇḍa

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(1) It is said that Muruṇḍa ruled at Kusumapura;¹¹⁶ he is said to have sent his envoy to Purusapura.¹¹⁷ (2) Another Murunda was a contemporary of Pādaliptasūri, who is mentioned to have cured the king of the terrible headache he was suffering from, and was ruling over Paithāna.¹¹⁸

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¹¹⁶ Bṛh. Bhā 3 4123 f.

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¹¹⁷ Bṛh. Bhā. 4·5625.

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¹¹⁸ Pinda Nir., 498

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Sten Konow tells us that Murunda is a Saka word, meaning lord.¹¹⁹

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¹¹⁹ See Supra, under Murunda, section V

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Piṇḍanijjutti — Bhadrabāhu & Bhadrabāhu II, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
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