Indian Antiquary Vol 48

SR No.: 032540
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1984
Total Pages: 458
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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ÅRY
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ASM
Aryaka-Aria ke of Ptolemy who wrote his Geography about A.D. 150 (Brihat Samhita
ch. 14). See Aparantaka and Aranyaka. Aryapuri-Ahiole, the western capital of the Châlukyas in the seventh and eighth centuries
A.D., in the Badami Taluka of the Bijapur district. It is the Ayyâ bole of the old inscriptions (Arch. S. Rep., 1907-8, p. 189). Aryavartta-The northern part of India which lies between the Himalayas and the
Vindhya range (Manu-Samhitâ, ch. 2, v. 22). At the time of Patanjali, Åryä vartta was bounded on the north by the Himalayas, on the south by the Pâriyâtraka, on the west by Adaršavali (Vinaśana according to the Vasistha Samhitâ, I, 8), and on the east by Kalakavana (Rajmahal hills). See Kalakavana: According to Rajasekhara, the river Nerbude was the boundary between Åryâvartta and Dakshinapatha (Balaramdyana,
Act VI; Apte's Rajasekhara : his Life and Writings, p. 21). -- - Å hapalli-Ahmedabad; same as Yessabal or Asawal (Alberuni's India, p. 102). A ser-Asirgarh, eleven miles north of Burhanpur in the Central Provinces (Prithviraj
Râso). Aser is a contraction of Asvatthama-giri (Arch. S. Rep., vol. IX). Ashtavakra-Asrama-Ráhugrâma (now called Raila), about four miles from Hardwar,
near which flows the Ashțâvakranadi, a small river, perhaps the ancient Samaugå. The hermitage of Rishi Ashțâvakra is also pointed out at Pauri near Srinagar in Garwal, the mountain near which is called Ashtå vakra-parvata. Ashtapada--See Kailasa. Ashta-Vinayaka-The eight Vinayaka (Ganapati) temples are situated at Ranjangaon at the junction of the Bhîmâ and Mûtha-mula, Mârgâon, Theur, Lenâdri and Ojhar in the Poona district, at Pali in the Pant Sachiy's territory, at Madh in the Thana district and at Siddhatek in the Ahmednagar district in the Bombay Presidency Antiquarian
Remins in the Bombay Presidency, vol. 3). See Vinayaka-tarthas. Åshtigrama-Râval in the district of Mathura, where Radhikâ was born at the house of
her maternal grandfather Surbhanu and passed the first year of her infancy before her father Brishabhånu who dwelt at this place removed to Varshana (Adi Purana, oh. 12 and Growse's “Country of Braja" in J ASB., 1871 and 1874, p. 352). See Barshana. AS-A river in Benares. See Baradasi (Mahabharata, Bhishma, ch. 9). Asikni-The river Chenab (Chandrabhâgâ) (Rig Veda, x, 75). Asiladurga-Junagar (Tod's Rajasthan). Aumaka--According to the Brahmanda Purana (Purva, ch. 48) Asmaka is one of the
countries of Southern India (Dakshiņâtya), but the Kurma Purana mentions it in connection with the countries of the Punjab; the Brihat-Samhita (ch, 14) also places it in the north-west of India. Auxoamis which has been identified by Saint Martin with Sumi (MoCrindle's Ptolemy) lying a little to the east of the Sarasvati and at a distanoe of about 25 miles from the sea, was considered to be the ancient Asmaka. According to Prof. Rhys Davids, Asmaka was the Assaka of the Buddhist period, and was situated immediately to the north-west of Avanti. The Assakas had a settlement on the banks of the Godavar at the time of Buddha, and their capital was Potana (Govinda Satta in Digha