Indian Antiquary Vol 48

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

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Rimkha-Oudh was called by this name during the Buddhist period. Visakha was the capital of Fa Hian's Sha-chi or Säketa. Dr. Hoey, however, identifies it with Pasha (Pi-80-kia of Hiuen Tsiang) in the district of Gonda in Oudh, near the junction of the Sarajd and the Gogra (JASB., vol. LXIX, p. 74). It has been identified by
Dr. Burgess with Lucknow (Cave Temples of India, p. 44). Blakha-pattana-Vizaga patam in the Madras Presidency. BIAI---1. Bosad, in the district of Mozaffarpur in the Bihar Province, the Bais: 11
of the Buddhist period (see Balbal). At the time of the Ramayana (Ādi, ch. 46 ), the town was situated on the northern bank of the Ganges and not on the Gaạrak; at the time of Kshemendra in the 11th century, it was on the river Balgumati (Ava. Kalp., ch. 39). 2. Ujin, the capital of Avanti (Meghadata I, 31; Hemakosha; Skanda
P., Reva kh., ch. 47). 3. An affluent of the Gandak in Baisali (Mbh., Vana, ch. 84). Bimala-badartdee Badarikábrama. BIAIA-cbbatra-Same as Binala. Hajipur was included in tho kingdom of Baikalą, Râm
chandra, Lakshmana and Visvâmitra, on their way to Mithila, are said to have halted at Hajipur. for one night on the site of the present temple called Ramachaņda, which contains the image of Ramachandra and the impression of his feet. Haji Shamsuddin, king of Bengal, established his oapital at Hajipur in the middle of the 14th century, and from him the name of Hajipur has been derived. It still contains a stone mosque said to have been built by him close to the Sonepur G! &t. The celebrated Raja Todar Mal lived at Hajipur when he made the settlement of Bengal and Bihar and is said to have resided in the fort (killa), the ruins of which still exist and contain the Nepalese temple. Son pur, situated at the oonfluence of the Gaurak and the Ganges, was also included in Bisala-chhatra. It was at Sonpur (Gajendramoksha-tirtha) that Vishụu is said to have released the elephant from the clutches of the alligator, the fight between whom has been described in the Varaha-Purina (oh. 144) They fought for five thousand years all along the place from a lake called Kárkda-Taldo, five miles to tle north-West of Sonpur, to the junction of the Gandak and the Ganges. Vishnu, after releasing the elephant, established the Mahadeva Hariharanatha and worshipped him. Ramachandrae, on his way to Janakapur, is said to have stopped for three nights on the site of the
temple at Sonpur; hence in his honour, a celebrated fair is held there every year. Blaye-A branch of the Nerbada (Karma P. oh. 39). Bishnu-giya-Lenar in Berar, not far from Mekhar; it is a celebrated place of
religious resort. Bishnu ribs-Tamluk, Same as TA mralipti (Hema-kosha). Blsvamitr 1 The river Bisvamitra in Gujarat on which Baroda is situated (Mahabharata
Bhishma, ch. 9). Bluvamitra-Asrama--Buxar, in the district of Shahabad in Bihar. It was the
hermitage of Rishi Visvamitra, where Ramachandra is said to have killed the Rakshasi Tadaka. The Charitra-vana at Buxar is said to have been the hermitage of the Rishi (Ramayana, Balakauca, ch. 26), and the western side of Buxar near the river Thora was the ancient Siddh Asrama, the reputed birth-place of Vamana Deva (see Siddha brama). The hermitage of Rishi Visvamitra is also pointed out as Devakuņda, 25 miles north-west of Gaya. Same as Bedagarbhapurt. The hermitage of the Rishi was also situated on the western bank of the Sarasvati opposite to Sthânu-tirtha in Kurukshetra (Moh., Salya, oh. 43). It was also situated on the river Kaubikf, modern Kusi.