Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.296

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Bāravaī or Bāravatī (Dvāravatī) Capital of Suraṭṭha country.¹ To its north-east there is mount Revataya. The city measured twelve yojanas in length and nine yojanas width. It was established by Vesamaṇa(9). It had a golden rampart. In the Namdaṇavaṇa (2) park which was not far from the city, there was a shrine of Jakkha Surappiya(1).² Some Ābhiras are said to have mistaken this city for devaloka.³ It had connections with Teyālaga-paṭṭaṇa (Veraval) by a water-route.⁴ Baḷadeva(2) Vijaya (11) belonged to Bāravaī.⁵ Vāsudeva(2) Kaṇha(1) reigned there.⁶ Aṃdhaga-Vaṇhi,⁷ Vasudeva,⁸ Baḷadeva(1)⁹ etc. were the rulers of this city. Many queens and princesses belonging to the families of the above-mentioned persons took initiation from Titthayara Ariṭṭhaṇemi¹⁰ who had also renounced the world¹¹ as well as accepted his first alms here.¹² Daśarhas¹³ like Samuddavijaya(1) etc. and courtezans¹⁴ like Apaṃgaseṇā etc. belonged to this city. Nārada used to visit this city often.¹⁵ Merchants like Arahamitta(2) and Thāvaccā-putta,¹⁷ physicians like Veyaraṇī(1) and Dhaṇnamaṃtarī¹⁸(2) and weaver Vīraa¹⁹ were the residents of this place. Dīvāyaṇa(3) became the cause of the destruction of this city by conflagration.²⁰ It is identified with modern Dwaraka of Kathiawar in Gujarat.²¹