The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c6.75.3

c6.75.3

122 gives as unverifiable list of the places where he did so, i.e. in the course of the time up to fourteen times. We here but mention as such also known elsewhere those of Campā, Vesālī, Rāyagiha, Nālandā, and Sāvatthī. None of these places is situated on the sea, though in the similes attributed to Mahāvīra (Nāya 8. 11) the sea plays an important part, to say nothing of the Jainist world view (§110. 121). Places related to Mahāvīra's activity as a teacher are frequently referred to by the Canon, and those mentioned in the Viy. are to a certain degree trustworthy thanks to its special position (§ 45). Rāyagiha, of all places the most frequently mentioned both in the Viy. and the Jiṇac.¹, was the capital of Prince Seṇiya, the Bimbisāra of the Buddhists. Mahāvīra was a relative of his by Cellaṇā, the daughter of his uncle Ceḍaga, Prince of Vesālī², and Seṇiya’s successor, Kūṇiya (called Ajātasattu in Pali texts)³, was also his protector. To the list of the cities mentioned above the Viy. adds further the name of Kosambī⁴. The various other places referred to in either text cannot, however, be mentioned here. Mahāvīra did not stay at these places themselves, nor even during the interval of the long rainy season but—as is shown in Jiṇac. 122 by the word *nīsāe* attached to the indication of place—following the examples of other preachers he dwelt at a nearby *ceiya* regularly mentioned by its name, while nothing is being reported concerning its outward appearance⁵.