Indian Antiquary Vol 48

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

Page 292

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Barendra-Barenda (Devi P., ch. 39), in the district of Maldah in .Bengal, comprising the Thânâs of Gomastapur, Nawabganj, Gajol and Malda: it formed a part of the ancient kingdom of Pundra. It was bounded by the Ganges, the Mahanandâ, Kamrup, and the Karatoya. Its principal town was Mahasthâna, seven miles north of Bogra, which was also called Barendra (JASB., 1875, p. 183). See Pundra-vardhana.
Barnu-Bannu in the Punjab: it is the Falanu of Hiuen Tsiang and Pohna of Fa Hian. It is mentioned by Pânini (Cunningham's Anc. Geo., p. 84; Ind. Ant., I, p. 22). Barshana-Barshan, near Bharatpur, on the border of the Chhâta Parganâ in the district of Mathurâ, where Radhika was removed by her parents Brishabhânu and Kirat from Râval, her birth-place: Radhika's love for Krishna as incarnation of Narayana has been fully described in the Puranas. See Ashtigrama. Barshan is perhaps a corruption of Brishabhanupura. Barshân, however, was also called Barasanu, a hill on the slope of which Brishabhânupura was situated.
Barsha Parvata The six Barsha Parvatas are Nêla, Nishadha, Sveta, Hemakâța, Himavân, and Sringavan (Varâha P., ch. 75).
Bartraghni-Same as Britaghni and Betravali 2.
Baruna The river Barnâ in Benares (Mahabharata, Bhishma, ch. 9).
Baruna-tirtha-Same as Salilarâja-tirtha (Mbh., Vana. 82).
Barusha The Po-iu-sha of Hiuen Tsiang. It has been identified with Shahbazgarhi in the Yusufzai country, forty miles north-east of Peshawar. A rock edict of Asoka exists at this place.
Basantaka-kshetra-Same as Bindubâsinf (Brihaddharma P., I, 6, 14).
Basati-The country of the Basatia or Besatæ, a Tibeto-Burman tribe, living about the modern Gangtok near the eastern border of Tibet (Mbh., Sabhâ, ch. 51; Mr. W. H. Schoff's Periplus, p. 279). McCrindle, on the authority of Hemachandra's Abhidhana, places it between the Indus and the Jhelam (Invasion of India, p. 156 note, It comprised the district of Rawal.Pindi.
Bâsika Same as Babya (Matsya P., ch. 113). Babishtha-adrama-1. The hermitage of Rishi Vasishtha was situated at Mount Abu (see Arbuda). At a place one mile to the north of the Ayodhy& station of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway. 3. On the Sandbyâchala mountain near Kâmarupa in Aseam (Kâlika Purana, ch. 51).
Baishthi-1. The river Gumti (Hemakosha). 2. A river in the Ratnagiri district, Bombay Presidency (Bomb. Gaz., X, pp. 6-8; Mbh. Vana, ch. 84).
Bastrapatha-kshetra-See Girinagara.
Basudhara-tirtha-The place where the Alakanandâ (q. v.) has got its source, about our miles north of Badrinath, near the village Manâl.
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