Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.93

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Magaha ( Magadha ) One of the sixteen Janapadas ( countries ).¹ Magaha was one of the 25² Āriya³ countries, with its capital at Rāyagiha.⁴ It formed the eastern limit of the Āriya territory in the Bharaha(2) region. Monks were not allowed to move beyond it.⁵ It was visited by Titthayara Mahāvīra.⁶ At the end of the great famine monks assembled in a council held at Pāḍaliputta in this country⁸ for restoring the canon. Kusatthala,⁹ Gobbara-gāma¹⁰ and Namdiggāma(1)¹¹ were situated in it. Cāubhāiyā, aṭṭhabhāiyā, solasabhāiyā and causaṭṭhiyā were the standard units current in this country for measuring liquid and āḍhaya, addhāḍhaya, patthaya, addhapatthaya, kulava and addhakulava for measuring grains.¹² The people of Magaha are said to be expert in understanding things merely by gestures.¹³