Indian Antiquary Vol 53

SR No.: 032545
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications
Publication Year: 1985
Total Pages: 392
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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Lingesvara Tantra in the Hundred-names of Siva the names of Tarakeśvara and Siddhinåtha are mentioned and their temples are said to be situated in Radha. Hence the celebrated temple of Tarakeśvara must have been existing before that book was composed. For the history of Radha before the Mahomedan period see my Notes on the History of the District of Hughly in JASB., 1910, p. 599. It should be stated that Radha is a corruption of Rashtra, and an abbreviation of Ganga-Rashtra or Ganga-Rada (the kingdom of Ganga the "district of the Ganges" of the Periplus and Ganga-ride of Megasthenes. Ganga. Rada was contracted into Ganga mentioned in the Kausitakt Upanishad and in the Karhad Plate Inscription of Krishna III, and also into Rada which is further corrupted into Laḍa and Lâla.
Raibhya-Asrama-Kubjamra at a short distance to the north of Hardwar; it was the hermitage of Rishi Raibhya.
Ralvata Mount Girnar near Junagar in Guzerat. It was the birth-place of Neminatha, hence it is one of the five great Tirthas of the Jainas (Tod's Rajasthana, Vol. I, ch. 19; Mbh., Sabha, ch. 14); see Samet-Sikhara. For the names of the 24 Tirthankaras of the Jainas, see Śrâvastl. It is the Revayae hill of the Jainas near Baravai or Dvârabati (Antagada-Dasão, Dr. Barnett's trans., p. 84). Ralvataka-Same as Raivata (Mbh., Adi, ch. 220).
Rajagriha-1 Rajgir (Agni P., ch. 10), the ancient capital of Magadha (see Girlvrajapura). The new town of Rajagriha was built by Bimbisâra, father of Ajàtasatru, at a distance of about a mile to the north of the old town of Rajagriha or Girivrajapura of the Mahabharata (Asvaghosha's Buddha-charita, in SBE., XLIX). 2. Rajgiri on the north bank of the Bias in the Panjab, the captial of Asvapati, king of Kekaya and maternal grandfather of Bharata (Ramayana, Ayodhya k., ch. 70).
Rajamahendra-The capital of Kalinga, said to have been founded by Mahendra Deva,
but see Rajapura.
Rajanagara-Ahmedabad in Gujerat (Ep. Ind., Vol. II, p. 42). See Kariâvati. Rajapura-The capital of Kalinga (Mbh., Santi, oh. 4). Perhaps it was the ancient name of Rajamahendri.
Rajapuri-Rajauri, south of Kasmir and south-east of Punach called Puhats by the
Kasmiris.
Ramadasapura-Amritsar in the Punjab. Ramdas, the Sikh Guru, built a hut on the margin of a natural pool of water which was the favourite resort of Baba Nanak. Ramdas obtained a grant of the pool which was considered sacred. It was improved and formed into a tank which was called the tank of nectar (Punjab Gazetteer-Amritsar). It was also called Chak.
Ramagaḍ-Gauda-Balarampur, twenty eight miles north-east of Gonda in Oudh. Ramagiri-Ramtege (Ramtak), 24 miles north of Nagpur in the Central Provinces (Wilson's Meghadata, v. 1 note). Traditionally Ramtek was the place where Sambuka, a Sûdra, performed asceticism, for which reason he was killed by Ramachandra, hence it may also be identified with the Saibala-giri (mountain) of the Ramayana, (Uttara, ch. 88). It contains a temple of Ramachandra and also a temple dedicated to Nagarjuna. Kalidasa places the scene of his story in Meghadûta at Ramagiri Ramagiri has also been identified with Ramgad in Sirguja, one of the tributary states of Chhota Nagpur. There is a large cavern called Sita Bangira cave high up in the rooks, forty-five feet deep and siz feet high at the entrance, containing inscriptions of the time of Asoka. There is also