Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.820
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v1.c5.820
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Asagaḍā (Aśakatā) Nick name of a beautiful Abhīra village girl Once she was driving her bullock-cart Some young boys got bewildered by her beauty They also tried to drive their own carts parallelly near her cart The rivalry caused such a fierce stampede that the carts of all the boys were broken They all became cartless (asagaḍa) Since the girl served as the cause of the becoming cartless he was called Asagaḍa