Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s7.841

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Kosambi (Kauśambi) Capital of the Vaccha(1) an Ariya country ¹ It was regarded as the southern border of the Aryan region ² It had a park Camḍetarana(1) by name ³ King Sayāṇia Ajiyasena(2) etc reigned there ⁴ It was attacked by Pajjoya⁵ and Avamtisena The abhigga ha=abhigraha undertaken by Mahavira was fulfilled by Camḍapā in this very town ⁷ Titthayara Pāsa(1)⁸ and preceptor Mahāgiri and Suhatthi⁹ paid a visit to it The seventh Vāsu deva(1) (of the Bharaha(2) region) in his previous birth performed penances there ¹⁰ It is identified with Kosam a village on the left bank of Jamuna about thirty miles to the west of Allahabad ¹