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Birthplace of one Tīrthaṅkara · Kampil

Kāmpilya

काम्पिल्य

Vimalanātha's city, the capital of southern Pāñcāla in the epics.

By Hemacandra's reckoning, as the atlas carries it, Vimalanātha was born here. Kampil in Farrukhabad district is ancient Kāmpilya, Draupadī's city in the Mahābhārata; the temple to Vimalanātha stands in the village.

The dot on the map is Kampil, Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh; the identification is settled by archaeology. Every site in this chapter is graded the same way, and the section says why.

The twenty-four on the groundsixteen cities of birth, five places of nirvāṇa, four later tīrthasevery modern identification is the pilgrimage tradition's, graded in its entryno border is drawn; the coast is Natural EarthAṣṭāpadanorth - the texts give it no placeAyodhyā ×5ŚrāvastīKauśāmbīVārāṇasī ×2CandrapurīKākandīBhadrilapuraSiṃhapurīCampāKāmpilyaRatnapurīHastināpura ×3Mithilā ×2RājagṛhaŚauryapuraKṣatriyakuṇḍaSammeta Śikhara ×20GirnārPāvāpurīŚatruñjayaRanakpurDilwaraShravanabelagolaborn herenirvāṇa herelater tīrthas - no kalyāṇakathe coast: Natural Earth 1:50m land, public domain
The twenty-four on the ground - Kāmpilya highlighted

Measurements and counts

Born hereVimalanātha
TodayKampil, Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh
Identificationsettled by archaeology

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

Do not be heedless, Gautama, for even a single samaya.

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10