[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970) › v2.c8.s4.1321 # Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.1321 Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.1321 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c8.s4.1321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.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 - [Previous: v2.c8.s4.1320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.1320) - [Next: v2.c8.s4.1322](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.1322) - [Up: v2.c8.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.1321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.1321) · Pramāṇa