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Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s5.33

Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v1.c5.s5.33

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1 Eravaya (Airavata) A region in Jambūdīva equal in size to the Bharaha(2) region ¹ It is situated to the north of mount Sihari to the south of northern Lavaṇa ocean to the east of western Lavaṇa and to the west of eastern Lavaṇa Its people experience rise and fall pertaining to knowledge 1 Jam. 111 Sth 86 197 522 Sam 14 age, stature etc during the six eras of each of the two cycles viz. Ussappini and Osappini ascending cycle and descending cycle ³ The rest of the description is exactly like that of the Bharaha region ⁴

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