Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s7.406

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Kālikeya One of the sixteen countries or settlements (janapadas or vasatikāyas) established by Nami(3) and Vinami on both the ranges of Veyaddha(2) mountain in the Bharaha(2) region of Jambuddiva. It was inhabited by the Vidyādhara people bearing the same name (Kālikeya) and commanding the lore with its presiding deity of the same name The names of the sixteen settlements are as follows Goriga, Mapupuvvaga Gamdhāra(3) Māpava Kesikapuvvika Bhūmitumḍaka, Mūlaviriya, Samtuka, Paṭṭika Kālikeya, Samaka, Mātaṅga(2) Pavvateya Vamsāiaya, Pamsumāliya(1) and Rukkhamāliya(2) ² The Kālika people are referred to in the Purāṇas also ³ 1 AvaCu I p 162 AvaM pp 215-216 2 Ibid 3 See SGAMI p 61