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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Rishyaspinga-girl-Same as Srlogagirl. Roalesvara ---Roalsar, a celebrated lake and famous place of pilgrimage within the territory
of the Raja of Mundi, a hill-state stretching along the middle course of the Bias in the Panjab, about 64 miles to the north-west of Jvalamukhi. The lake contains seven moving hills, one of which called Gauri Devi possesses special sanctity. Padmasambhava, the founder of Buddhism in Tibet, is worshipped here not only by the Lamas, but by the Brahmins as Rishi Lomasa (JASB., 1902, p. 39). His temple is situated on the side of the
lake and is visited by Buddhist pilgrims from China, Japan and Tibet. Rohana-Adam's Peak in Ceylon; it is also called Sumana-kata (Murári's Anarghardghava,
Act vii, 99; Rajatarangint, iii, v, 72; Upham's Rájdvall). Rohi-Afghanistan; it was also called Rohn. Same as Loba. Rohifi-The rivulet Rohin in the Nepalese Teraj which separated Kapilavastu from Koli (P C. Mukherjee's Antiquities in the Terai, Nepal, p. 48). An impending fight for the exclusive right of drawing water for the purposes of irrigation from the river Rohiņi between the Koliyas and the Sakiyas was averted by Buddha (J dlaka, Camb. ed., vol. V, pp. 219-221). Rohinnälå - Lo-in-ni-lo of Hiuen Tsiang. Vivien St. Martin has identified it with Rohinnala
and General Cunningham with Rajaona which is two miles to the north-west of the Lakhisarai station of the E. I. Railway. General Cunningham also surmises that by Lo-in-ni-lo Hiuen Tsiang meant Kiyul (Arch. S. Rep., vol. III). Rohinnala of St. Martin is not fictitious as supposed by Cunningham. There is actually a village called Rehuanala situated on the Ganges; perhaps it also existed at the time when it was visited by the Chinese traveller. Rehuanala, which is evidently a corruption of Rohit-nåla or Rohin. nala, is five miles to the north-west of Urain in the district of Monghyr. There are many Buddhist and other ancient ruins at Urain (which was fromerly called Ujjain) and also at Rehudnála. Rehuânala must have been a celebrated place, otherwise there would have been no foundation for the local tradition that "ore Rehudnáld was in the dominion of Indradumnya, the last king of Jayanagar, who is supposed by General Cunningham and Buchannan (Eastern India, II, p. 26) to have been the last of the Pala Rajas of Magadha (Bihar) who was defeated by Mukhdum Maulana Bux, one of the chiefs under Bakhtiar Khiliji. Seven miles to the south of Rehuânåld there is a spur of the Vindhya Range called Singhol hill, where according to the local tradition, Rishyasringa's Asrama was situated;
it contains several springs and some temples (see Bishyasringa-Arama). Rohita -Rohtas, in the district of Shahabad in Bengal, celebrated for its fort, which is said
to have been built (Harivamsa, ch. 13) by Rohitasva, son of Raja Harischandra of the Ramayana and Markandeya Purana and ancestor of Ramachandra of Oudh. It was also called Rohitasva (JASB., viii, p. 698). The buildings in the fort were repaired and renovated by Man Sing in 1597 A.D. after he was appointed Subedar of Bengal and Bihar. The Rhotas hill is a spur of the Kymore range a branch of the Vindhya mountain. For Man Sing's inscription and the genealogy of the kings of Rohtas, see JASB., 1839, pp.
354, 693. Rohitaks-Rohtak, forty two miles north-west of Delhi in the Panjab. It was conquered by Nakula, one of the Pandavas (Mbh., Sabha P., ch. 32). The ancient town called
Khokra-kot is at a small distance to the north of the modern town. Rohitasv&-Same as Rohita (J ASB., vol. VIII, p. 695). Roruva-The capital of Sauvira (Aditta Jataka in Jataka (Cam. Ed.), III, p. 280 Mald.
Govinda Sutta in Digha Nikaya, XIX, 36).