Laghuprabandhsangrah

SR No.: 001844
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jayant P Thaker
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 300
Language: Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari, History, & Story
File Size: 16 MB

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36 वङ्गालदेश
37 वरुणाशा
38
वामनस्थली
39 विदेश 40 वैद्यनाथ
41 श्रीपत्तन
42 श्री मालपुर
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-the country of Bangala, Bengal. Originally the name denoted only the Buckergunje region, but later on it came to be applied to the whole of East Bengal and still later to the whole of the Bengali-speaking area. The major part of the country lies in West Bengal in the Indian Union and East Bengal in Pakistana; but parts of it belong to the other neighbouring states like Bihara and Orissä. Vide गौड.
3.2.
-a river flowing near Patan a, modern Banāsa, which river has lent its name to the Banā sakantha district in North Guj. 25.12.
-modern Vanthali, about 8 miles south-west to Jūnāgaḍha in Sauraṣṭra. Probably the same as the Vamana-tirtha of the Mahābharata. An ancient temple of Va mana is still there. It is referred to in our text as also in
or
PPS (p. 114) as 'Laghukasmira' 'miniature Kaśmira' on account of its being a centre of learning and perhaps because of the natural beauty of its surrounding region. 30.2. -foreign country. 25.3; (in the east) 25.7.
-the temple of Lord Siva situated at Dabhoi in Baroda district. It is a historical place which has earned prominence through the well-known Vaidyanatha-prasasti. 22.9.
-same as Devapattana. 30.7. Vide aly. -probably the same as Bhinnamala or Sri
māla in Rajasthāna, situated about 80 miles to the north of Patana and 40 miles west of Mount Abu. The Śrīmāli Brāhmaṇas are stated to have hailed from this place, which was the native place of the great poet Magha. Since such an extra-ordinarily prosperous man as poet Magha of this community died due to extreme poverty though it was a rich community, king Bhoja of Dhara, who had enjoyed his hos