Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s1.429
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s1.429
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Bhogapura A town visited by Mahāvīra. He came to Bhogapura from Sumsumārapura and went to Ṇamdiggāma(1) from there. Kṣatriya Māhiṃda(1) wanted to torture him here with a thorn of a date-tree but he was obstructed and chased by devendra Saṇamkumāra.¹ The town was connected with Ujjeṇī by a land-route.² According to Pali literature, Bhogaṇagara lay on the route from Pāvā to Vesālī.³