Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s2.6
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c20.s2.6
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It is stated further that some time after, the people residing near Atthāvaya approached Sagara and reported that the Gangā had begun to flood the surrounding villages. Sagara summoned his grandson, Bhagiraha, and asked him to proceed to Atthāvaya and to draw the water of the Ganges to the eastern ocean. It was done and Bhagiraha returned and made a report to his grand-father, who renounced the world and joined the ascetic order.¹⁵