Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.217
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.217
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v2.c8.s2.217
Mayaṇarehā (Madanarekhā) A virtuous lady.¹ When her husband Jugabāhu(4) was murdered by his elder brother king Maṇiraha, she though pregnant fled into the forest to preserve her chastity. Here she gave birth to a son but he was lost in the forest. She was kidnapped by Vidyādhara Maṇippabha(2) who, afterwards, treated her as his sister. She renounced the world at Mihilā.²
1. Ava. p. 28. 2. UttNe. pp. 136-140.
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- Āvassaya — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit