Indian Antiquary Vol 48

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

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Bhadra- It is evidently the Yarkand river on which the town of Yarkand is situated:
It is also called Zarafshan (Vishnu P., Bk. II, ch. 2). It is one of the four rivers into which the Ganges is said to have divided itself (Bhagavata P. V, 17). Bhadrakama-1. Karnapura or Karnfili, on the south bank of the Nerbada. It contains
one of the celebrated shrines of Mahadeva (Maha-Siva-Purâna, Pt. 1, ch. 15, and Mahabharata, Vana P., ch. 84). See Erandi. 2. A sacred hrada (lake or reservoir) in Trine. treśvara or modern Than in Kathiawad (2.0.) (Kurma P., I, 34 ; Slanda P., Prabhâsa
KH., Arbuda, oh. 8). Bhadravatt-Bhatala, ten milos north of Warora in the distriot of Chanda, Central Provinoes.
Bhandak, in the same district and 18 miles north-west of Chanda town, is also traditionally the ancient Bhadravati. It was the capital of Yuvankáva of the Jaimini-Bhdrata. Cunningham has identified Bhadravati with Bhilsa (Bhilsa Topes, p. 364 ; JASB., 1847. p. 745). Buari, an old place near Pind Dadan Khan in the district of Jhelum in the Punjab, algo claims the honour of being the ancient Bhadravati: it contains many ruins (JASB., XIX, p. 537). The Padma-Purdna (Uttara, oh. 30) places Bhadravata on the banks of the Sarasvati. In the Jaimini-Bharata, ch. 6, Bhadravatî is said to be 20 Yojans distant from Hastinapura. Ptolemy's Bardaotis has been identified with Bhadravati: he places it to the east of the Vindhya range (MoCrindle's Ptolemy, p. 162), and it has been considered
to be identical with Bhårhut (Arch. 8. Rep., XXI, p. 92). Bhadrika Same as Bhaddiya (Kalpasútra, ch. vi). Mabh vira spent here two Pajjusanas. Bhaganagara-Hyderabad in the Deocan. Bhagaprastha-Bagpat, thirty miles to the west of Mirat, one of the five Prasthas or villages
said to have been demanded by Yudhishthira from Duryodhana (see Paniprastha). It is
situated on the bank of the Jamuna in the district of Mirat. Bhågtrathi-Same as Ganga (Hariamsa, I, ch. 15). Bhagvatt-The river Bâgmati in Nepal: Baggumudâ of the Buddhists (Chullavagga, Pt. XI,
ch. I). Bhaktapura-Bhâtgåon, the former capital of Nepal. It was also called Bhagatapattana. Narendra Deva, king of this place, is said to have brought Avalokitesvara or Simhan tha-Lokeśvara (Padmapåņi) from Putalaka-parvata in Assam to the city of Lalitapattan in Nepal to ward off the bad effect of a drought of twelve years. The celebrated Shad-akshari (six-lettered) Mantra "Om Mani padme hum" so commonly used in Tibet is an invocation of Padmapri: it means "The mystic triform Deity is in him of the Jewel and the Lotus," i.e. in Padmapåņi who bears in either hand a Jewel and 4 Lotus. the
Lotus being a favourite type of creative power with the Buddhista. Bhalanasah-Bolan (pass). It is mentiond in the Rigveda (Maodonell and Keith :
Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, vol. II, p. 99). Bhallata -A country situated by the side of Sukti måna mountain : it was conquered by
Bhima (Mbh., Sabha, ch. 30). It is also mentioned in the Kalki-Purâna as being conquered by Kalki. Bhallêta is perhaps a corruption of Bhar-rashtra. The name does
not appear in the other Puranas. Bharadvaja-Abrama-In Prayaga or Allahabad, the hermitage of Rishi Bharadvaja was
situated (Ramayana, Ayodhya K., ch 54). The image of the Rishi is worshipped in a temple built on the site of his hermitage at Colonelganj. The herritage was visited by Ramachandra on his way to the Danda kâragya.