Indian Antiquary Vol 48

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 273

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Ananta-Padmanabha-Anantapur, in Trivandrum, the capital of Travancore, containing
the celebrated temple of Padmanabha, which was visited by Chaitanya and Nityananda (Chaitanya-Bhagavata). It is also called Padmanabhapur (Prof. H. H. Wilson's Mackenzie Collection, p. 129). See Ananta-Bayana. Danta-bayana-Padmanabhapur, in Travancore, containing the celebrated temple of Vishnu sleeping on the serpent (Padma P., Uttara, ch, 74; Prof. H. H. Wilson's Mackenzie Collection, p. 129). See Ananta-Padmanabha. narita--1. Gujarat and part of Malwa: its capital was Kuśasthali or modern Dwarka (Bhagavata P., ch. X., p. 67). 2. Northern Gujarat: its capital was Anarttapura (Skanda P. Någara Kh., ch. 65), afterwards called Anandapura, the modern Vadnagar (Bom.
Gaz., vol. I., Pt. I, p. 6, note 2). Anarttapura-Same as Anandapura. See Anartta. Anavatapta-Same as Anotatta. Andha-The river Andhila or Chandan, -the Andomatis of Arrian: see Chandravati
(Devi Bhagavata, Bk. 8, ch. 11). Andhanada-The river Brahmaputra (Bhagavata P., ch. 5, ślk. 9). Andhra-1. The country between the Godà pari and the Krishņå including the district of
Kistna. Its capital was Dhanakataka or Amaravati at the mouth of the Krishna. Vengi, five miles to the north of Ellur, was according to Hiuen Tsiang, its ancient Capital (Garuda Purana, ch. 55). 2. Telingana, south of Hyderabad. According to the Anargharaghava (Act vii, 103), the Sapta Godavari passes through the country of Andhra, and its principal deity is the Mahadeva Bhimeśvara. The Pallava kings of Veigi were overthrown by the Chalukya kings of Kalyanapura, and succeeded by the Chole kings who, in their turn, were conquered by the Jaina kings of Dharanikota. The Andhra dynasty was also called Satavahana or Satakarņi dynasty; their ancient capital was at Sri
Kakulum now diluviated by the Krishna. Anga—The country about Bhagalpur including Mongyr. It was one of the sixteen
political divisions of India (Anguttara I., 4; Vinaya Texts, ii, 146; Govinda Sutta in
Digha-nikaya, xix, 36). Its capital was Champê or Champâ puri. The western limit of its , northern boundary at one time was the junction of the Ganges and the Sarajů. It was
the kingdom of Roma på da of the Ramayana and Karna of the Mahabharata. It is said in the Ramayana that Madana, the god of love, was burnt to ashes by Mahadeva at this place, and hence the country is called Anga, Madana being thenceforth called Anauga (Balakanda, Canto 23, vs. 13, 14). See Kama-Asrama. According to Sir George Birdwood, Anga included also the districts of Birbhum and Murshidabad. According to some authorities, it also included the Santal Parganas. It was annexed to Magadha by BimbigAra in the sixth century B.c. (Spence Hardy's Manual of Buddhism, p. 166). His son Kunika or Ajátasatru became its viceroy, his head-quarters being at Champa. Mahana, the maternal grand-father of Kumaradevi, wife of king Govindachandra of Kanouj (1114-1161), was king Râmapala's viceroy in Anga (Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1908), the country having come under the sway of Gopala, the founder of the Påla dynasty, in the eighth century A.D. The celebrated places of antiquity and interest in the province of ancient Anga are :-Rishyassinga-Asrama at Rishikund. font