Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.1260

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3. Veyaddha A mountain, also known as Diha-Veyaddha of the Bharaha (2) region. It is situated in the middle of the Bharaha region of Jambuddiva and divides the region of Jambuddiva into Dāhinaddha-Bharaha and Uttaraddha-Bharaha.¹ It extends from east to west and touches the eastern as well as the western Lavaṇa ocean.² It is twenty-five yojanas in height and fifty yojanas in width. Its bāhā i. e. arc-section on the eastern as well as the western side measures 488 4/11 yojanas, whereas its jīvā i. e., chord or the northern edge which touches Lavaṇa ocean on both the sides is 10,720 4/11 yojanas and its dhanupitṭha, i. e. pertinent arc in the south above the chord, is 10,743 4/11 yojanas. It has two caves, one in the west, called Timisaguhā and Khaṇḍappavāyaguhā. There are two Vijjāharaseḍhi on both the sides of the mountain situated at the height of ten yojanas. At the height of the next ten yojanas there are two Abhiogaseḍhi. The nine peaks of this Veyaddha are : Siddhāyayanakūḍa, Dāhiṇaddhabharahakūḍa, Khaṇḍappavāyaguhākūḍa, Maṇibhaddakūḍa, Veyaddhakūḍa(2), Puṇṇabadda (6), Timisaguhākūḍa, Uttaraddhabharahakūḍa and Vesamaṇakūḍa(2). There reside vidyādhara and some gods and goddesses on mount Veyaddha.³ It is called Veyaddha because god Veyaddhagirikumāra presides over it.⁴ During the Dāsamadusamā period of this Osappiṇī all the mountains of the Bharaha region except Veyaddha vanish.⁵ In the caves of Veyaddha there are gold images of Titthaṃkaras.⁶