Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 48
Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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________________ ARI ARU Ariana-That portion of Central Asia (mentioned by Strabo) which was the original abodo of the Aryan race and which is called Airyan-Vejo (Arya-vija) in the Avusla. From its description as a very cold country and its situation on the north of India as it appears from the Vedas, it is considered to have been situated to the west of Belurtagh and Mustagh (or Snowy Mountain) and near the source of the Amu and Syhun, including the Pamir. Sections of the Aryan race migrated to the west and settled themselves in Europe at different periods. Those that remained behind inigrated subsequently to the south and settled themselves in Iran and the Punjab. Differences of opinion about agricultural and religious reforms, especially the introduction of the worship of Indra as a principal god to the lowering of Varuna, who always held the highest position in the hierarchy of the gods even from the time when they all resided in Central Asia, split up the early Aryan settlers of the Punjab into two parties, and led to the dissension which brought about a permanent separation between them. The party which opposed this innovation migrated to the north-west, and after residing for some time at Balkh and other places, finally settled themselves in Iran: they were the followers of Zarathasthura and were called Zoroastrians, the ancestors of the modern Parsis. The other party, the ancestors of the Hindus, gradually spread their dominion from the Punjab and the bank of the Sarasvati to the east and south by their conquest of the aboriginal races (Max Müller's Science of Language). Arishthapura-The Sanskritized form of Aritthapura, the capital of the country of bivi (9.v.). It has not yet been identified : perhaps it is the same as Aristobathra of Ptolemy on the north of the Punjab. Aristhala--Same as Kubasthala: see Paniprastha. Arjikiya—The river Bias (Vipâśâ) [Rig-Veda). Arjun-The river Bâhudâ or Dhabala (Hemakosha). Arkakshetra-Same as Padmakshetra: Konârak, or Black Pagoda, 19 miles north-west of Puri in Orissa, containing the temple of the Sun called Konaditya. It is also called Sûrya-kshetra (Brahma Purana, oh. 27). See Konarka. Aruna-One of the Seven Kosis (Wahabharata, Vana, ch. 84). See Mahakaubika. Arun —A branch of the Sarasvati in Kurukshetra (Mahabharata, Salya, ch. 44): it has been identified by General Cunningham with the Mårkanda. Its junction with the Sarasvati three miles to the north-east of Pehoa (Přithadaka) is called the Aruņa-sangama (Arch. 8. Rep., vol. XIV; p. 102). Arunachala--. Same as Arunagirl. See Chidambaram : it contains the tej or fire image of Mahadeva. 2. A mountain on the west of the Kailâs range (Brahmânda P., ch. 51). Arunagiri-Tiruvannamalai or Trinomali in the South Arcot district in the province of Madras (Ep. Ind., Vol. III, p. 240). It is called Arunachala in the Skanda P. (Aruņå. Mâhât., Uttara, ch. 4). It contains the temples of Arunachaleśvara and Arddha-nårføvara Mahadeva (Wilson's Mackenzie Collection, p. 191). Arunoda-Garwal, the country through which the Alakanandâ flows (Skanda P., Avanti Kh., Chaturasitilinga, ch. 42). Its capital is Srinagar.

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