Indian Antiquary Vol 48

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

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Mahadeva. The power of the Bijayanagara kingdom was destroyed at the battle of Talikot on the bank of the Krishộâ in 1565. Saya acharya, the celebrated commentator of the Vedas and brother of Madhavacharya, was the minister of Sangamaraja II, the son of Kamparaja, brother of Bukka Rai, king of Bijayanagara (Ep. Ind., vol. III, p. 23). 2. Bijayanagara (see Padmavati) at the confluence of the Sindhu and the Para in Malwa. 3. Rajamahendri on the Godavari (Journal of the Buddhist Text Society, vol. V). At this place, Chaitanya met Ramananda Raya, who governed this place under Rajâ Pratâparudra
Deva of Orissa (Chaitanya-charitâmrita, Madhyama, ch. 8). Bijayanagara-Vizianagram in the Madras Presidency, visited by Chaitanya (Chaitanya
Bhagavata, Anta-Eh., ch. iii). Bijayapura-It is said to be situated on the Ganges and was the capital of Lakshmana Sena
(Pavanadůta, v. 36). Hence Bijayapura was identical with Lakhnauti or Gauda which was also situated on the Ganges (see Lakshmana yati and Gaur in Pt. II). It was perhaps called Bijayapura from Ballâla's father Vijaya Sena who conquered Bengal. See Ballalapurt. But Vijayapura has been identified with Bijayanagara on the Ganges near Godâgâri, in Varendra or Barind, in the district of Malda in the Rajshahi Division of Bengal. The Senas, after subverting the Pala kingdom, are believed to have made Bijayanagara their capital and subsequently removed to Lakshmanavati, which was afterwards called Gaud (JRAS., 1914, p. 101). Bijlavada-Bezvada on the river Krishna. It was the capital of the Eastern Chalukyas. Blkramapura-Same as Balla lapurt. It was situated in Banga in the kingdom of Pund:
vardhana (Edilpur Copperplate Inscription of Kesava Sena; Ananda Bhatta's Ballala
charitam, Uttara Kh., ch. 1). Bikramabile-vihara-The name of this celebrated monastery is found in many Buddhist
works. General Cunningham suggests the identification of Bikramasill with Silao, three miles from Bargaon (ancient Nalanda) in the sub-division Bihar of the district of Patna (Arch, S. Rep., vol. VIII, p. 83) and six miles to the north of Rajgir. The river Pafchâna flowed by its side before. It has a very large mound of earth which is being very gradually encroached upon by the cultivators and which is perhaps the remains of a monastery. But it appears from Buddhist works that Bikramabild-vihara was founded by king Dharmapala in the middle of the eighth century A.D., on the top of a hill on the right bank of the Ganges in Bihar: it was a celebrated seat of Buddhist learning : hence Cunningham's identification does not seem to be correct. Its identification with the Jahngira hill at Sultanganj in the district of Bhagalpur by Dr. Satischandra Vidyabhashana [Bharati (Vaibakha) 1315] does not also appear to be correct, as there are no remains of Buddhism on that hill : it is essentially a Hindu place of worship and the place is too small for such & celebrated Buddhist monastery. But the Bikramabild-vihara may be safely identified with Patharghatâ, four miles to the north of Kahalgaon (Colgong) and 24 miles to the east of Champâ near Bhagalpur in the province of Bihar (see my "Notes on Ancient Anga or the District of Bhagalpur,"in JASB., X, 1914, p. 342). It is the Sila-sangama of Chora pañchâsika by Chora Kavi (Francklin's Site of Ancient Palibothra), which is evidently & corruption of Bikramasila sangharama. The place abounds with Buddhist remains, excavations and rock-cut-caves of the Buddhist period. The statues of Buddha, Maitreya, and Avalokitesvara, some of which were removed to the