Some Jaina Canonical Sutras c13.7

c13.7

The town of Vāṇiyagāma mentioned in secs. 77-78 of the Uvāsagadasāo curiously agrees with the description of Vesālī given in the Tibetan Dulva.¹ Gautama, a senior disciple of Mahāvīra, addressed him thus ‘I desire, Revered Sir, with your permission, as the turn for the indulgence for my sixth meal has arrived, to go round the city of Vāṇiyagāma, to the upper, lower and middle classes, on a begging tour of house-to-house collection’²