Indian Antiquary Vol 48

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

Page 300

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Vâmana-avatara. Bhrigu Rishi once performed asceticism at Balia: there is a temple dedicated to the Rishi, which is frequented by pilgrims. Balia was once situated on the confluence of the Ganges and the Saraju ; it was called Bâgrasan, being a corruption of Bhộigu-&srama. Bhrigu Rishi “is said to have held Dadri or Dardara on the banks of the Ganges, where he performed his ceremonies on the spot called Bhrigu-asrama or Bhadrason (Bagerasgan, Rennell)"-Martin's Eastern India, II, p. 340. It was also called Dadri-kshetra. Hence the fair there held every year is called Dadri-meld. See
Dharmâranya 2. 2. Baroach was also the hermitage of this Rishi. Bhrigu-kachchha-Same as Bharukachchha, which is a corruption of Bhrigukshetra,
as it was the residence of Bhrigu Rishi. (Bhagavata P., Pt. 2, ch. viii; Skanda P.,
Reva Kh., ch. 182). Bhrigukshetra-Same as Bharukachchha. Bhrigupatana-A celebrated place of pilgrimage near Kedarnath in Garwal. Bhrigupura-Same as Bharukachchha (Tawney : Prabandhachintamani, p. 136). It contains
a temple of the twentieth Jaina Tirthaikara Suvrata. Bhrigu-tîrtha-Bherâghất, containing the temple of Chaushat Yoginis, 12 miles to the west of Jabbalpur, on the Nerbada between the Marble Rocks: it is a famous place of
pilgrimage (Padma P., Svarga-Kb., ch. 9; Matsya P., ch. 192). Bhrigu-tunga-1. A mountain in Nepal on the eastern bank of the Gandak, which was the hermitage of Bhrigu (Vardha P., ch. 146). 2. According to Nilakantha, the celebrated commentator of the Mahabharata, it is the Tuiganatha mountain (see his commentary on v. 2, ch. 216, Adi Parva, Mahabharata) which is one of the Pañcha-Kedaras
(see Pancha-Kedara). Bhujaganagara-Same as Uragapura (Pavanaduta, v. 10). Bhiriereshthika-Bhûriuţ, once an important place of a Pargana in the sub-division of
Arimbag in the district of Hooghly in Bengal (Prabodhachandrodaya Nataka ; my "Notes
on the District of Hooghly" in JASB., 1910, p. 599). Bhuskhara-Bokhara : it was conquered by Lalitâditya, king of Kasmir, who ascended the
throne in 697 A.D., and reigned for about 37 years (Rajatarangini, Bk. IV). The Khanat of Bokhara is bounded on the east by the Khanat of Khokand called Fergana by the ancients and also by the mountain of Badakshan, on the south by the Oxus, on the west and north by the Great Desert (Vambery's Travels in Central Asia).
It was called Sogdiana. Bibhandaka-asrama-Same as Rishyasringa-dbrama. Biehhi-Bitha, ten miles south-west of Allahabad, the name being found by Sir John Marshall in a seal-die at the place ; in a sealing, it is called Vichhigrâma, JRAS., 1911,
p. 127). See Bitabhaya-pattana. Bidarbha-Berar, Khandesh, part of the Nizam's territory and part of the Central - Provinces, the kingdom of Bhishmaka whose daughter Rukmiņi was married to Krishņa.
Its principal towns were Kundinanagara and Bhojakațapura. Ku dinanagara (Bidarbhana gara), its capital, was evidently Bidar. Bhojakata pura was Bhojapura, six miles south-east of Bhilsa in the kingdom of Bhopal. The Bhojas of the Puranas lived in Vidarbha. In ancient times, the country of Vidarbha included the kingdom of Bhopal and Bhilsa to the north of the Nerbada (Cunningham's Bhilsa Topes, p. 363). See Bhojaka tapura and Kundinapura.
bha inolude the Purantesis