Indian Antiquary Vol 48

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

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See also Brahma Purana (ch. 27, vol. 58) which includes Surpäraka in Aparanta-deśa. According to Kálidâsa, it was situated between the Sahya (Western Ghats) and the sea (Raghuvamsa). It extended from the river Mahi to Goa (Bomb. Gaz., vol. I, Pt. I, p. 36, note 8). Apara-Videha-Rungpur and Dinajpur (Lalita-vistara, Dr. R. L. Mitra's trans., p. 52, note) Åpaya-Same as Apaga (q.v.) Aptanetrayana-It has been identified with the ruing near Ikanna in the Bahraich district
in Oudh (Führer's MAI.). It was visited by Hiuen Tsiang. Araba-Arabia. See Banayu. Arama nagara-Arrah in the district of Shahabad. Dr. Hoey, however, supposes that the ancient name of Arrah was Arâda ; and Aråda Kâlâma, the teacher of Buddha, wag
a native of this place (JASB., vol. LXIX, p. 77), but see Arch., S. Rep., vol. III, p. 70. . Aranya-1. The nine sacred Araṇyas or forests are :-Saindhava, Dandakâranya, Naimisha,
Kurujângala, Upalâvșita ( Utpalâranya ?), Aranya, Jambumârga, Pushkara, and Himalaya
(Devi Purana, ch. 74). 2. See Aranyaka. 3. Same as Bana. Aranyaka-A kingdom situated on the south of Ujjain and Vidarbha (Mahâbhârata, Sabha, ch. 31). It is called Aranya in the Devi Purâna, ch. 46. It is the Aria ka of the Periplus. According to DaCunha, Ariaka (Arya-kshetra) comprised a great part of Aurangabad and southern Konkana. Its capital was Tagara, modern Doulatabad
(Da Cunha's History of Chaul and Bassein, p. 127). Aratta--The Panjab, which is watered by the five rivers (Mahabharata, Drona Parva,
hs. 40-45; Karna P., ch. 45; Kautilya's Arthasâstra, Pt. ii, ch. 30). It was celebrated for its fine breed of horses. Its Sanskritized form is Arashtra. Aravalo-The Wulur or Volur lake in Kasmira (Turnour's Mahavamsa, p. 72). The Någa
king of Aravalo was converted into Buddhism by Majjhantika (Madhyantika), the inissionary, who was sent by Asoka to Kaśmîra and Gândhara. It is the largest lake in the valley of Kaśmira, and produces water-nuts (singådd) in abundance, supporting considerable portion of the population, the nute being the roots of the plant trapa bispinosa (Thornton's Gazetteer). Arbuda_Mount Abu in the Aravali range in the Siroh State of Rajputana. It was the hermitage of Rishi Vasishtha (Mbh., Vana, ch. 82; Padma P., Svarga, ch. 11). The Rishi is said to have created out of his fire-pit in the mountain a hero named Paramâra to oppose Visvamitra while he was carrying away his celebrated cow Kama-dhenu. Paramâra became the progenitor of the Paramâra clan of Rajputs (Ep. Ind., vol. I, p. 224). Mount Abu contains the celebrated shrine of Amba Bhavani. It contains the celebrated Jaina temples dedicated to Rishabha Deva and Neminátha : it is one of the five sacred hills of the Jainas, which are Satruñjaya, Samet Sikbar, Arbuda, Girnar, Chandragiri (Ind. Ant., II, 354). For the names of the twenty-four Tirthankaras,
see Srâvasti. Arddbaganga-The river Kåver (Hemakosha: Harivamia, I, ch 27).