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sthiti
biharasharif se 8 kimi dakshin-poorv pavapuri jainiyoan ka pramukh tirthasthal hai. yahian jain dharm ke pravartak mahavir ji ne nirvan prapt kiya tha. patana se 104 kimi. aur nalanda se 25 kimi doori par sthit hai. yahaan ka jal mandir, maniyar math tatha venuvan darshaniy sthal haian. smith ke anusar pavapuri zila patana (bihar) mean sthit hai.
prachin nam
13vian shati ee. mean jinaprabhasoori ne apane granth vividh tirth kalp roop mean isaka prachin nam apapa bataya hai. pavapuri ka abhijnan bihar shariph relasteshan (bihar) se 9 mil par sthit pava namak sthan se kiya gaya hai. yah sthan rajagrih se das mil door hai. mahavir ke nirvan ka soochak ek stoop abhi tak yahaan khandahar ke roop mean sthit hai. stoop se prapt eetean rajagrih ke khandaharoan ki eetoan se milati-julati haian. jisase donoan sthanoan ki samakalinata siddh hoti hai.
karnigham, aisheant jyagrephi aauv iandiya[1] ke mat mean jisaka adhar shayad buddhacharit[2] mean kushinagar ke thik poorv ki or pavapuri ki sthiti ka ullekh hai, kasiya jo prachin kushinagar ke nam se vikhyat hai, se 12 mil door padarauna namak sthan hi pava hai. jahaan gautam buddh ke samay mall-kshatriyoan ki rajadhani thi.
ubbhatak
mahavir ki mrityu 72 varsh ki ayu mean apapa ke raja hastipal ke lekhakoan ke karyalay mean huee thi. us din kartik ki amavasya thi. paligranth sangitisuttant mean pava ke malloan ke ubbhatak namak sabhagrih ka ullekh hai.
aantim samay
jivan ke aantim samay mean tathagat ne pavapuri mean thaharakar chuand ka sookar-maddav nam ka bhojan svikar kiya tha. jisake karan atisar ho jane se unaki mrityu kushinagar pahuanchane par ho gee thi. buddhacharit[3]
fazilapur
kalaeel ne pava ka abhijnan kasiya ke dakshin poorv mean 10 mil par sthit fazilapur namak gram se kiya hai. [4] jain granth kalpasootr ke anusar mahavir ne pava mean ek varshakal bitaya tha. yahian unhoanne apana pratham dharm-pravachan kiya tha, isi karan is nagari ko jain sanmpraday ka saranath mana jata hai.
paryatan
yahaan kamal talab ke bich jal mandir vishv prasiddh hai. somasharan mandir, moksh mandir aur naya mandir bhi darshaniy haian.