Indian Antiquary Vol 48

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

Page 320

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territory (Arch. S. Lists, Nizam's Territory, xxxi, 21, 79,) but the Siva P., (I, 56) places Dârukâ-vana close to the Western Ocean.
Daruka Vana-See Daru-vana.
Darva-The country of the Dârvas, a tribe living with the Abhisâras between the Vitasta and the Chandra bhâgâ (Mahabharata, Vana, ch. 51; Dr. Stein's Rajatarangini, Vol. I, p. 32; Vol. II, p. 432).
Darvabhisara-The whole tract of the lower and middle hills between the Vitastâ and the Chandrabhâgâ; it included the hill-state of Râjapuri; it was subject to Kâsmîra (Dr. Stein Râjatarangini, 1, 32). See Darva.
Dasanagara-Same as Dasapura.
Guzerat (Mbh., Vana P., chs. 12 and 13).
Dasapura Mandasor in Malwa (Brihat-Samhitâ ch. 14; Meghadila, Pt. I, slk. 48) For an explanation how Daśapura was changed into Mandasor, see Dr. Fleet's note in the Corp. Ins. Ind., Vol. III, p. 79. It is called Dasor by the people of the neighbouring villages. Dasarha-Dwarka Dabarna-The name means "ten forts; rina a fort." 1. The Mahabharata mentions two countries by the name of Dasârna, one on the west, conquered by Nakula (Sabha P. Ich. 32) and the other on the east, conquered by Bhima (Sabhâ P., ch. 30). Eastern Malwa, including the kingdom of Bhopal, was Western Dasarna, the capital of which was Vidisa or Bhilsa (Dr. Bhandarkar's History of the Dekkan, sec. III). It is mentioned in Kalidasa's Meghadûta I, vs, 25, 26). Its capital at the time of Asoka was Chaityagiri or Chetiyagiri. Eastern Dasârna (the Dosarene of the Periplus) formed a part of the Chhattisgadh ("thirty-six forts") district in the Central Provinces (Prof. Wilson's Vishnu P., Hall's ed., Vol. II, p. 160, note 3) including the Native State of Patna (JASB., 1905, pp. 7, 14). 2. The river Dasan which rises in Bhopal and falls into the Betwa (Markandeya P., ch. 57); Garrett identifies the river with "Dhosaun" in Bundelkhand (Garrett's Classical Dictionary). It is the Dosaran of Ptolemy.
Dâśeraka-Malwa (see Trikândasesha).
Dehali-See Indraprastha.
Devabandara-Diu in Guzerat. In the 7th century A. D., the ancestors of the Parsis of Bombay left Persia on account of oppression and resided for some time in Diu before they finally settled in the island of Sanjan on the Western Coast of India in the early part of the 8th century A. D. (Bomb. Gaz., IX, Pt. II, pp 183 ff; XIV, pp. 506-536; Journal of the Bom. Br. of the R. A. S., I, p. 170).
Devadâruvana Same as Dâruvana, where Liiga-worship was first established. It was situated on the Ganges near Kedar in Garwal (Kurma P., Pt. II, chs. 37, 38: Siva P., Bk. IV, ch. 13, v. 16; Râmâyana, Kishk., ch. 43). Badarikâśrama was situated in this Vana (Ananda Bhatta's Ball-charita, II, 7).
Devagada Same as Dharagada.
Devagiri-1. Dowlatabad in the Nizam's territory. It is mentioned in the Siva P. (Jñana Samhitâ, ch. 58). See Maharashtra and Sivalaya. 2. Part of the Aravali range. 3. A hill situated near the Chambal between Ujjain and Mandasor (Meghadûta, Pt. I). It has been identified by Prof. Wilson with Devagara situated in the centre of the province of Malwa on the south of the Chambal.
Devakata-Sripada: Adam's Peak in Ceylon (Turnour's Mahavamsa). See Sumana-kuta Devala Tatta in Sindh.