Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s17.182

v1.c5.s17.182

Dāmaṇṇaga (Dāmaṇaka) Son of a lapidary of Rāyagiha He was a fisherman in his former life On the advice of his friend he abandoned this profession and remained resolute despite a lot of difficulties and hardships By luck he was married to Visa daughter of merchant Sāgarapota of the same city He became the master of the house of his father in law when the latter collapsed at the sad news of his sons death 1 A C II p 324 A aN 1614