Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.362

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Atthiyagāma (Asthikagrama) A place where Titthayara Mahāvīra passed his first rainy season (cāumāsya) at the shrine of yaksa Sūlapāni(2). Imdabhūti was a worshipper of this yaksa. Originally the place was known as Vaddhamāna(2) but was subsequently named as Atthiyagāma on account of the heaps of bones (atthi = asthi) of its residents killed by Sūlapāni³. The yaksa was appeased by the erection of a shrine dedicated to him. Mahāvīra rendered futile all the calamities caused by the yaksa through his calm tolerance and subsequently awaiting great dreams of good omen. The place lay on the bank of the river Vegavatī. Uppala(2) who helped the release of Mahāvīra and Gosāla from the custody of king Jiyasattu(3) at Lohaggala(2) hailed from Atthiyagāma. This place seems to stand at a short distance from Morāga. Atthiyagāma seems to be the