Indian Antiquary Vol 51

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

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identified by Growse with Maholi, five miles to the south-west of the present town of Mathura. In Maholi is situated Madhuvana (or forest of Madhu), a place of pilgrimage
(Growse's Mathurd, pp. 32, 54). Madhura, Same as Mathura (see Ghafa-Jataka in the Jalakas (Cam. ed.) IV, p. 50, which
is a distortion of the story of Krishna). Madhu vana-See Mathura. Madhyadesa-The country bounded by the river Sarasvati in Kurukshetra, Allahabad,
the Himalaya, and the Vindhya ; the Antarveda was included in Madhyadesa (Manu Samhita, ch. II, v. 21). The boundaries of Majjhimadesa of the Buddhists are to the east the town Kajangala and beyond it MahasAla ; south-east the river Salâvati ; south the town Setakannika ; west the town and district, Thuna; north Usiradhvaja Mountain (Mahavagga, V, 12, 13). Kampilya was originally the eastern limit of Madhyadeta (Weber's History of Indian Literature, p. 115, note). The countries of Panchala, Kuru, Matsya, Yaudheya, Patachchara, Kunti and Sarasena were included in Madhyadeta (Garuda P., I, ch. 65). Madhyadesa inoludes Brahmarshi-desa which again includes
Brahmåvartta (Max Möller's Rig Veda, Vol. I, 45). Madhyamarashtra-Same as Mahakosala or Dakshiņa-Kosala (Bhatta Svåmin's Commen.
tary on Kautilya's Arthasástra, Bk. II, Koshadhyaksha). Madhyamesvara-A place sacred to give on the bank of the Mandakint (KQrma P., Pärva,
ch. 33). See Pafcha-Kedara. Madhyamika-Nagari near Chitore in Rajputana, which was attacked by Menander; he
was defeated by Vasumitra, grandson of Pushyamitra and son of Agnimitra of the Surga dynasty, Agnimitra being the vioeroy of Vidisa (Kalidasa's Malavikagnimitra, Act V; Vincent A. Smith's Early History of India, p. 199)Same as Bibl. "But according to the Mahabharata (Sabha P., ch. 32), Madhyamika and Sibi are two different countries, though their names are mentioned together.. Madhyarjuna-Tiruvidaimarudar, six miles east of Kumbhaconum and 29 miles from Tan
jore, Madras Presidency; it was visited by Sajkaracharya (Ananda Giri's Šai karavijaya,
ch. 4, p. 16; Arch. 8. Rep., 1907-8, p. 231). It is celebrated for its temple. Madra-A country in the Panjab between the Ravi and the Chinab. Its capital.was Sakala.
Madra was the kingdom of Raja Salya of the Mahabharata (Udyoga, ch. 8), and also of Raja Advapati, father of the celebrated Såvitri, the wife of Satyavana (Matsya P., ch. 206, v, 6; Moh., Vana P., ch. 292). Some suppose that Madra was also called Vahika. VAhika, however, appears to be a part of the kingdom of Madra (Mbh., Karna P., ch., 45).
Madra was also called Takkadeta (Hemachandra's Abhidhana-chintamani). Magadha-The province of Bihar or properly South Bihar (Ramayara, Adi, ch. 32; Moh.,
Sabha P., ch. 24). Its western boundary was the river Sona. The name of Magadha first appears in the Atharva-aamhita, v, 22, 14 ; xv, 2. The ancient capital of Magadha was Girivrajapura (modern Rajgir) at the time of Jar Asandha, who was killed by Bhima, one of the five Pandavas. The capital was subsequently removed to Pataliputra, which was formerly an insignificant village called by the name of Påtaligråma, enlarged and strengthened by Ajátasatru, king of Magadha and contemporary of Buddha, to repel the advance of the Vrijjis of Vais&lt. Udayadva, the grandson of Ajátasatru, is said to have removed the capital from Rajagriha to Påtaliputra (Vayu P., II, ch. 37, 369)., The country of Magadha extended once south of the Ganges from Benares to Monghyr, and southwards as far as Singhbhum. The people of the neighbouring districts still call the distriots