Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.714

v2.c8.s4.714

Vāsiṭṭha ( Vāsiṣṭha ) (i) A chief family line¹ or lineage to which Tisālā², Mamḍiyaputta³, Dhaṇagiri (1)⁴, Jasā(2)⁵ belonged. It has seven sub-family lines or branches : Vāsiṭṭha, Umjāyaṇa, Jārekaṇha, Vagghāvacca(1), Koḍiṇṇa(3), Saṇṇi(1) and Pārāsara(3).⁶ (ii) The family-name of constellation Puṇavvasu is also Vāsiṭṭha.⁷
1. Sth. 551.
2. Aca. 2. 176-7, AvaCu. 1. pp. 239 267, Kalp 21, 26, 30-2.
3. AvaN. 650, Vis. 2511.
4. Kalp. ( Theravali ) 7.
5. UttN. p. 394, UttCu. p. 221.
6. Sth. 551.
7. Sur. 50, Jam. 159.