Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c11.4
Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c11.4
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The name of this clan appears variously in the Prākrit Jaina texts as *Nāya*,² *Nāyae*,³ *Nāe*,⁴ and also *Nāī*.⁵ In the Pāli works they figure as *Nāta* or *Nātha*.⁶ The Sanskrit commentator Jinaprabhamuni refers to them mainly as *Jñāta*,⁷ while Hoernle Sanskritizes *Nāya* as *Jñātṛ*.⁸ The name appears in northern Buddhist texts as *Jñāti*.⁹
Linked texts (8)
- Jātaka — Pāli
- Mahāvagga — Pāli
- Mahāvastu — Sanskrit
- Uttarajjhayaṇa — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
- Kalpasūtra — Bhadrabāhu, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
- Majjhimanikāya — Pāli
- Aṅguttaranikāya — Pāli
- Uvāsagadasāo — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit