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1 A N 1279 A C II p 179 2 Bh 528 3 A C I p 563 4 N sC III p 423 A C II p 281 B hBh 292 B hM p 88 89 B hK p 704 S mS 70 V k p 275 5 B hBh 292 B hM pp 88 89 V K p 275 6 Ibid, B hKs p 917 7 B hBh 2291 93 5625 B hK pp 488 650 N nM p 162 JitBh. 1444 8 A C II p 283 9 A C I p 132 10 A C I p 540 11 Tir 635ff 12 Sa S 73 13 N C III p 423 A Cu. II p 281 of the latter secretly added with evil intention a dot above the latter of the word adhiyātām making it amdhiyatam It resulted in loosing Kuṇāla s eyes ¹⁴ Thalabhadda was attached to courtezen Kosā of this place ¹⁵ He was the elder son of Sagaḍāla the minister of the ninth Namda ¹⁶ Ācarya Sambhūya(4) ¹⁷ Sutthiya(2) ¹⁸ Mahāgiri Subatthi(1)¹⁹ and Pālittaya²⁰ are associated with this city Ārya Rakkhita(1) had come here from Dasaura to study the Vedas before accepting monkhood ²¹ A council of monks was convened here to recollect the sacred scriptures which were gradually becoming extinct on account of the difficulties created by an acute famine of twelve year s duration ²² The council was held during the reign of the ninth Namda ²³ Merchant Vasubhūi(2) ²⁴ Dhapa(8) ²⁵ Namda(2) ²⁶ Jinadāsa(5)²⁷ and Dhammasiha(4)²⁸ belonged to this place Brāhmin Huyāsana(1) of thiscity his wife Jalanasīhā and h s sons Jalapa and Dahana accepted asceticism ²⁹ Brāhmaṇa lady Kapilā³⁰ and courtezans Devadattā(7) ³¹ Kosā and Uvakosā³² hailed from this city It was a centre of learning in the science of erotics ³³ Its people are said to be more handsome than those of Mahurā(1)³⁴ It is said to be situated at a distanc of nine yojanas from Rāyagiha ³⁵ The rupaka coin current in this c ty was equivalent to two rupakas current in Uttarāpaha ³⁶ Other names of this city are Kusumapura³⁷ and Kusumapagara ³⁸