Thursday 15 August 2019



Discovery of Jivaks home and village. "Junedi." Junedi/ Shi-fo-kia: I will quote the fourth para of page 152, “To the north east of this fiery ditch of Srigupta (Shing-mi), at the bend of the city is a stupa; this is where Jivak, the great physician, built a preaching hall for the Buddha.” During Huen Tsangs visit the foundation wall existed. By the side of it were the ruins of the foundations of Jivaks house. The Buddha used to come here regularly. This village is at the bend of the river to the north east of Kamal Bigha and Chandiman. I will quote third last line of page 152 fourth para. “By the side of this place are the remains of the house of ‘Jivak’, and the hollow of an old well also exists there.” If we take this quote seriously, then just next to Gorma village to its east is “Devisthan temple Junedi.” Juned sounds like a Muslim name. But why a Devisthan temple with Juned attached to it. Junedi sounds very similar to ‘Jivak’. Gorma village is on the right bank of the Panchane river while ‘Devisthan temple Junedi’ is to trhe east of Gorma village. It is possible that Gorma was the teaching hall that Jivak made for the Buddha. Huen Tsang pronounces it as ‘Shi-fo-kia’ which is certainly a Chinese mis-pronunciation of Gorma. The village in the video is Junedi and Junedi (Jivaks) house.


Here's the link to the youtube video of the temple dedicated to Junedi/Jivak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS4j-roLCmY&t=64s

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