Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s15.193

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1 Tosali A settlement or village visited by Mahāvīra twice There was Asugujjāṇa outside the village God Samgama(2) troubled Mahavīra there He was rescued by Bhūila At the t me of his second visit he was tied with chords for seven times by Kṣatriya Tosaliya(2)¹ It is said that there was a Isitālāga at Tosalīnagara It was constructed by Isivāla(1)² It is men tioned in Āvassaya cuṇṇi that th s settlement was situated in the Kalinga country³ King Kākavaṇṇa was arrested here by the local king The latter s territory was attached by the former s son who took possession of the terri tory and released his father⁴ Tosali can be identified with modern Dhauli near Bhubaneswar in Orissa In the time of Ashoka Tosali was adm nistra tive head-quarter of the⁵ north eastern part of the province of Kalinga