[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.s7.631 # Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s7.631 Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v1.c5.s7.631 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s7.631](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s7.631) Kulagara (Kulakara) Law-giver or Governor Seven¹ ten² or fifteen³ Kulagaras, as different traditions go take birth in the middle-division of the southern half of the Bharaha(2) region lying between the rivers Gamgā and Simdhu(1) in the Susamaḍusamā period of every Osappiṇī and Ussappiṇī They initiate laws for maintaining peace and order In case of the seven Kulagaras in the Osappiṇī cycle the first two inflict the hakkara (disapproval) punishment the next two add to it the makkara (warning) and the last three the dhikkara (reproach) punishment Thus when gradually the severity of offences increases the punishment becomes harsher and harsher In the tradition of fifteen Kulagaras the first Titthayara Usaha(1) is taken as the fifteenth Kulagara who introduces physical punishments in addition to the above ones Similar is the case in the Eravaya(1) region In the Ussappiṇī cycle the conditions become viceversa In this Osappiṇī the following Kulagaras were born in Bharaha(2) forming the group of seven 1 Vimalavāhaṇa(6) 2 Cakkhuma 3 Jasama 4 Abhicamda(1) 5 Pasenai(4) 6 Marudeva(2) and 7 Nābhi⁷ The names of the group of ten Kulagaras of this Osappiṇī are not available but those of other cycles are given⁸ - [Previous: v1.c5.s7.630](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s7.630) - [Next: v1.c5.s7.632](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s7.632) - [Up: v1.c5.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s7.631](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v1.c5.s7.631) · Pramāṇa