Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s17.105
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v1.c5.s17.105
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2 Damila An Anāriya (non Aryan) country ¹ Karcipuri was situated n it Ujjeni was transferred to Sampai by his father while the Damila country was conquered by himself ² Sampai made Andhra Dravida Maharastra Kudukka etc suitable for the tour of monks The people of Damila had their own language ⁵ It was not understood by the people from north Ind a whereas the people of Damila were not conversant with the Aryan languages.⁷ In the Dravida country crops were raised by water supplied from tanks ⁸ Clothes of very fine texture made of lotus fibres were produced there ⁹ It is identfied with the country of Tamil speaking people of south India from Rameshvar to Tirupati ¹⁰