[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970) › v1.c5.s20.437 # Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.437 Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.437 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s20.437](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s20.437) Pālitta (Pādal pta) A preceptor contemporary of king Murumḍa(2) When all the phys c ans fa led Pālitta cured Murumḍa from a severe headache by the power of mantras He was master of sc ences and performed sur prising acts ² Once he made an mage of the s ster of the king and fixed some mechanical devices to it That doll walked winked and waved the fan The king was astonished to see t ³ Pālitta is said to have composed Kālajñāna⁴ and a commentary on Jyotiṣakarandaka ⁵ Prabhāvakacaritra mentions that the preceptor was son of merchant Phulla and Pratimādevī belonging to the city of Kośala His original name was Nāgendra and at 1 NisCu III p 423 PinN 498 499 | 3 B hBh 4915 B hKs p 1316 J t Bh 1444 | 4 S M p 73 See 1 J M p 122 2 A C I p 554 N M p 162 | 5 Vy M II p 91 the age of eight he accepted asceticism from preceptor Sangamasuha the disciple brother of Nāgahastin He was instructed by Maṇḍanagaṇin He became ācarya after ten years of his initiation 6 - [Previous: v1.c5.s20.436](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s20.436) - [Next: v1.c5.s20.438](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s20.438) - [Up: v1.c5.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s20) ## Cites (7) - [Piṇḍanijjutti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.mula.4) — Bhadrabāhu & Bhadrabāhu II, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit - [Nandī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cullika.1) — Devavācaka, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit - [Bṛhatkalpalaghubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cheda.2!bhasya) — Saṅghadāsagaṇi Kṣamāśramaṇa, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit - [Sūriyapannatti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.upanga.5) — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit - [Jambuddīvapannatti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.upanga.6) — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit - [Vyākaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana) - [Jītakalpabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cheda.5!bhasya*deepratnasagar2015) — Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s20.437](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s20.437) · Pramāṇa