[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.s4.631 # Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.631 Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.631 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c8.s4.631](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.631) Vāṇiyagāma or Vaṇiyaggāma (Vāṇijagrāma) A suburb of Vesālī.¹ It had a park called Duīpalāsa. A shrine dedicated to Jakkha Suhamma(5) was situated in it.² That shrine is also called by the same name.³ It was often visited by Titthayara Mahāvīra⁴ who is said to have spent twelve rainy seasons at Vāṇiyagāma and Vesālī.⁵ Jiyasattu(6)⁶ and Mitta(3)⁷ reigned at Vāṇiyagāma. Merchants Āṇamda(11)⁸ ard Vijayamitta(2),⁹ Brahmin Somila(3)¹⁰ and courtezan Kāmajjhayā¹¹ belonged to it. Titthayara Mahāvīra met here monk Gamgeya(3) of the line of Titthayara Pāsa(1).¹² He initiated here merchant Piṭṭhimāia(2), Peḍhālaputta(4)¹³ Sudamsaṇa(13) and Puṇṇabhadda(2).¹⁴ Vāṇiyaggāma is identified with Baniya, a village near modern Basarh in Muzaffarpur Division.¹⁵ - [Previous: v2.c8.s4.630](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.630) - [Next: v2.c8.s4.632](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.632) - [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.s4.631](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s4.631) · Pramāṇa