Indian Antiquary Vol 48

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

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"Hill House of Colgong by Mr. Barnes and whioh may still be found there, were beautifully sculptured and can bear comparison with the beautiful sculptures of the Nalanda monastery. As the monastery was founded in the eighth century it has not been mentioned by Kiuen Tsiang, who visited Champå in the seventh oentury, though he refers to the excavations which had evidently been done by the Hindus. Sribaddha Jõânapada was the head of the monastery at the time of Dharmapala. It had six gates, and the six gate-keepers were Pandits of India, and no one could enter the monastery without defeating these Pandits ir argument. Bikramasilâ was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khiliji in 1203 (see Kern: Manual of Indian Buddhism, p. 133). The Hindu Universities of Mithila and Nadia were established after its destruction. See Durva SA-4 brama (see my " Bikramasila Monastery" in JASB., 1909, p. 1). On the top of the hill is the temple of Batesvaranatha Mahadeva which is celebrated in this part of the country, established perhaps after the destruction
of the monastery. Binâ-1. The river Krishņa, the Tynna of Ptolemy. 2. Almorah in Kumaun. It is also
called Benwa. Binasana tirtha-The spot in the great sandy desert in the district of Sirhind (Patiala)
where the river Sarasvati loses itself after taking a westerly course from Thaneswar.
See Sarasvati. Binabin-The river Banas in Gujarat on which Disa is situated (Brihadjyotisharrara). Binayaka-kshetra-Threo or four miles from Dhanmandal above the Bhuvanośvar
railway station on the top of a mountain in Orissa. Binayaka-tirthas-There are eight places sacred to Vinayaka or Ganesa : 1. Moreśvara, six miles from Jajuri, a station of the South Marhatta Railway. 2. Ballala, forty-six miles by boat from Bombay; it contains the temple of Vinayaka named Maruda. 3. Lenådri, fifty miles from the Teligaon station of the G. I. P. Railway. 4. Sidhatek. on the river Bhima, ten miles from the Diksal station of the G. I. P. Railway. 5. Ojhar containing the temple of Vinayaka Bigh nešvara. 6. Stbevara called also Theura. 7. Råbjanagrama. 8. Mahada. The last three are on the G. I. P. Railway. See Ashta
vinayaka. Bindhyachala--1. The Vindh ya range. The celebrated temple of Vindubásint (Devf
Bhagavata, VII, 30) is situated on a part of the hills near Mirzapur. It is one of the stations of the E. 1. Railway. The temple of the eight-armed Yogamâyâ, which is one of the 52 Pithas, where the toe of Sati's left foot is said to have fallen, is at a short distance from the temple of Vindubiveini (sve Siva P., IV, Pt. I, ch. 21). Yogamâyâ, after warning Kamsa, king of Mathura, of the birth of his destroyer, camo back to the hills, and took her abode at the site of the temple of Vindubasini (Skanda P., Revå Kh, ch. 55). It was, and is still a celebrated place of pilgrimage mentioned in the Katha-sarit-sagara (I, ch. 2). The town of Bindhyachala was included within the girouit of the ancient city of Pampapura (Führer's M. A. I). The fight between Durga and the two brothers Sumbha and Niśumbha took place at Vindhyachala (V Amana P., ch. 65). See Chandapura. The goddess Vindubásinf was widely worshipped in the seventh century, and her shrine was considered as one of the most sacred places of pilgrimage (Katha-sarit-sagara, chs. 52, 54). 2. Another Bindhyâchala has been identified by Mr. Pargiter with the hills and plateau of South Mysore (Ramayana, Kishk, ch. 48; JRAS., 1894, p. 261).