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-Classed in the Brihatsamhità among the countries presided over by Ketu ( Brih.. 16.38 ), when the eclipse happens in Tulā rāśi, the people of Maru will suffer (Brih.. 5.40 ); enumerated among the countries in the Central region (Brih. 14.2); when the Moon's orb is divided into two by the contact of Venus in the middle, the people of Maru i.e. Marwad will
be subjected to all sorts of miseries for seven months.-( Brih. 4.22 ). Marukaccha -Enumerated among the countries in the North-West.-( Brih. 14-23 ). Malava -Enumerated among the countries in the north.—( Brih. 14. 27). Moheraka Modern Modhera (in N. G.), a very prosperous city.-(Skd. III. ii, 2-1).
N Nagara - Modern Vadnagar, a nagara (city) constructed by king Camatkāra,
hence known as Camatkārapura':-(Skd. VI. II. 64); later on, the word 'Nagara' is used not in the sense of a city, but for a place of that name.
Its etymology is explained as Na-gara' (poison) and the Lord is described to have promised that by uttering the formula 'Na garam' the serpents will run away from there.-(Skd. VI. 114. 76-78, 149. 107-108,
176. 3 etc.). Maulisthana -A town near Nșsimha tirtha, where the Sabarmati meets the sea.
(Pdm. VI. 174. 88). Narmada -Raghu. VI. 42, 46 Málavikā.-P. 9; river Narmada -Narmadā and holy places on its bank are described in Mts. (Chs. 190
193), also in Krm. (II. 41, 42), going round the Vindhya mountain and merging into the Western sea. (Kum, Ch. 12, p. 68). -According to Brihat Samhitā the regions of the eastern half of the Narmadā
district, are described as presided over by the Sun.-( Brih. 16. I), while those in the western half of the Narmadā are described as presided over by the Mars.-( Brih. 16. 9); -If at the time of an eclipse, Mars also, by his conjunction with the Sun or the Moon as the case may be, be eclipsed, the people living at the banks
of the Narmadā will suffer misery.-( Brih. 5. 64). Nisada -A country forming the northern boundary of Gujarat.-( MBh. II. 28-5;
MBh. VI. 10. 50 ).
Pancanada
-A Tirtha near Dvaraka, where five rivers-viz. Gomati, Lakşamaņā, Kusavati, Candrabhāgā, and Jāṁbavati-meet. The rivers were invoked by five Prajāpatis, viz., Marici, Atri, Angiras, Pulaha and Pāvana respectively.(Skd. VII. iv. 14. 45-48).
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