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--Modern Khedabrahmā in the old Idar State.-( Pdm. VI. 134-34 ).
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Camatkara- - Modern Vadnagar.-(Skd. VI. 13.28 ). pura
- Described as situated in the Hățakeśvarakşetra, where is Ānarteśvara.
(Skd. VI. 65.2) As the city derived its name 'Anandapura' from the Anandeśvara.(Skd.
VI. 40-50-51 ), the name Anartapura may have come from Anarteśvara. -Haţakeśvara Kşetra round the modern Vadnagar. Its extension is five koşas.-(Skd. VI. 16. 3. 6). It was established for the Brāhmins by king
called Camatkāra, whence its name.-(Skd. VI. 16. 6). Campaka- (Modern Câmpāner). A city on the bank of the Vetravati (Vātraka) nagara
where Vidāruņa, a wicked king was cured of his leprosy, by taking bath in
that river.- Pdm. VI. 133. 5). Candrabhaga -a river near Dvārakā, invoked by the sage Angiras and constituting the
Pancanadatirtha' with other rivers.-(Skd. VII. iv. 14. 47-48). --a river meeting Sābaramati, to the west of Ahmedabad, near Dūdheśvara
i. e. near the Harijana Aśrama.-( Pdm. VI. 155. 3). Its greatness is due to the Lord Candreśvara on its bank.-(Pdm. VI. 156. 4).
D Dharmaranya--Its origin; its different names during the four ages; its holy places; a list ksetra
of 55 villages presented by Rāma to the Brāhmins; the villages which were rehabitated by the Brāhmins and so on.-(Skd. III. ii. chs. 9 to 39). -The region surrounding Modherā in the North Gujarat. It is called Dharmāraṇya, Satyamandira, Vedabhavana, and Moheraka respectively in the Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali ages.—(Skd. III. ii. 40.67). Its origin
is ascribed to Dharma, the son of Sun.-(Skd. III. ii. 8.44). Durjayanta -This seems to be another name of the mountain Ujjayanta (modern
Girnār), as it is mentioned along with Puspa, Raivataka, and Arbuda
mountains.-( Mkd. 54.14). Dvaraka -Krşņa is described to have brought Arjuna at Dvārakā through Prabhāsa
and Raivataka.-(MBh. I. 210. 8, 15). There was a garden between Raivataka and Dvārākā. On their return journey from a festival at Raivataka, the Yadavas saw Arjuna, in the guise of an ascetic.-(MBh. I. 240.2-3 Kumbha, ed.). There was an island in the ocean, near Dvārakā. A festival of Mahādeva, for the good of Subhadrā, was celebrated in the Antardvipa.-(MBh. I. 241.71 Kumbha. ed.). The citizens reached there by boats.-(MBh. I. 241.76. Kumbha. ed.). When Arjuna came out of
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