Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.1321

v2.c8.s4.1321

The Titthayara himself is called Vesāli.⁴ He spent twelve rainy seasons at Vesāli and Vāṇijjagāma.⁵ An iron-smith attempted vainly to torture Titthayara Mahāvīra sojourning here.⁶ Varuṇa(8) Nāgaṇattua belonged to this place.⁷ Gosāla performed sixth pauṭṭaparihāra (entering into another's dead body) here in the shrine of Komḍiyāyaṇa.⁸ A stūpa of Titthayara Muṇisuvvaya was situated in this city.⁹ It was from here that Cellaṇā was kidnapped by Seṇiya(1) with the help of his soldiers.¹⁰ Vesāli is identified with modern Basarh, eighteen miles north of Hajipur on the left bank of Gandak.¹¹