Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.127

v2.c8.s2.127

Majjhadesa ( Madhyadeśa ) A country very favourite of monks.² Seven Kulagaras take birth in this region.³ Omniscient Cakkavaṭṭi Bharahā(1) after having passed through this region reached mount Aṭṭhāvaya and attained liberation there.³ This country was overtaken by a great famine during the time of Bhaddabāhu(1).⁴ Duppasaha’s soul will descend here from heaven.⁵ This country is called by some as Āryaksetra⁶ and by some as Kosaladeśa.⁷
1. BraBh. 3257, BrhKs. p. 911.
2. Tir. 1005.
3. Jam. 70.
4. Tir. 716.
5. Ibid. 831.
6. BrhKs. p. 911.
7. TamS. p. 280.