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Birthplace of one Tīrthaṅkara · Sahet-Mahet

Śrāvastī

श्रावस्ती

Sambhavanātha's city, and one the Buddhists knew as well as the Jains.

By Hemacandra's reckoning, as the atlas carries it, Sambhavanātha was born here. The ruined city at Sahet-Mahet has been excavated; the Jain temple to Sambhavanātha stands at the site, beside the Buddhist monastery of Jetavana. This is one of the identifications settled by the spade.

The dot on the map is Sahet-Mahet, Shravasti 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 - Śrāvastī highlighted

Measurements and counts

Born hereSambhavanātha
TodaySahet-Mahet, Shravasti district, Uttar Pradesh
Identificationsettled by archaeology

Connected

SambhavanāthaThe TīrthasKalyāṇaka-bhūmi

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समयं गोयम! मा पमायए

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

Uttarādhyayana Sūtra 10