Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.103
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.103
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13 Paumāvai Wife of king Mahabbala(11) and mother of prince Viramgaya(2) of the city of Kohidaga ¹ 14. Paumāvai: One of the eight principal wives of Vāsudeva Kapha(1)¹ She was daughter of king Hiraṇṇanābha of Ariṣṭapura In order to obtain her Kapha had to fight with many of the kings invited on the occasion of her self-choosing (svayamvara) ceremony ² She took initiation from Tittha yara Aritthaṇemi observed asceticism under nun Jakkhinī for a period of twenty years and then attained emancipation ³