Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.7

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Paṭṭhāna (Pratiṣṭhāna) A city situated on the bank of Goyāvarī¹ in Dakkhiṇāvaha² King Sālavāhaṇa reigned there³ On being forced by the ruler of Ujjeṇī preceptor Kālaga(2) left for Paṭṭhāna in the middle of the rainy season which he was spending at Ujjeṇī There he altered the date of pajjosavaṇa from the fifth to the fourth day of the bright half of the month of Bhādrapada, at the instance of king Sālavāhaṇa, for the convenience of the people in view of their local festival of Indra⁴ Merchant Nāgavasu belonged to this place He had a son named Nāgadatta(2) who became a monk. Acarya Pālitta cured its king Muruṃḍa(2) from a severe headache and the latter became his follower.6 Two Brahmin brothers Varahamihira and Bhaddabahu were initiated here. When the title of ācarya was bestowed on the latter the former reverted to Brahmanism.7 Paitthāna is identified with modern Paithan situated on the bank of river Godavari in the Aurangabad District.8