Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s3.574
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s3.574
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Rohiḍaa or Rohiḍaga (Rohitaka) A town having the park of Puḍhavīvaḍeṃsaa which had the shrine of yakṣa Dharaṇa(6)¹ and the park of Meha-vaṇṇa with the shrine of yakṣa Maṇidatta,² Is was visited by Titthayara Mahāvīra. Vesamaṇadatta³ and Mahabbala (11)⁴ reigned there. Merchant Datta(1) belonged to this place. Goyama(1) asked here Titthayara Mahāvīra to narrate the previous birth of Devadattā(2), daughter of Datta.⁵ Prince Viraṃgaya(2) was initiated here by preceptor Siddhattha(6).⁶ Preceptor Kattia(5) was killed in this city by a kṣatriya.⁷ Preceptor Dhammarui(4) had visited this town. Courtezan Rohiṇī(3) belonged to this place.⁸ It is identified with Rohtak in Punjab.⁹