Indian Antiquary Vol 52

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Stephen Meredyth Edwardes, Krishnaswami Aiyangar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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hill, see Variha P., ch. 143; Yogini Tantra, Pt. II, ch. 4; Nyisimha P., ch. 65. The Vardha P., (ch. 143) says that Mandâra is situated on the south of the Ganges and on the Vindhya range. 2. A portion of the Himalaya mountain to the east of Sumeru in Garwal. The Mahabharata (Anusâsana P., ch. 19, Vana P., ch. 162), however, does not recognise any other Mandâra except the Mandara of the Himalaya range (see Karmachala). In some Puranas, the BadarikA-Asrama containing the temple of Nara and Narayana is said to be situated on the Mandara mountain, but in the Mahabharata (Vana, chs. 162, 164), Mandara mountain is placed to the east and perhaps a part of Gandhamådana and on the north of Badarikásrama."Mahadeva resided here after his marriage with Parvati
(Vamana P., ch. 44). Mangala-Called also Maigali or Mangalapura, the capital of Udyana, identified by Wilford
with Mangora or Manglora. It was on the left bank of the Swat river (JASB., vol. VIII,
p. 311). Cunningham thought it could be identified with Minglaur (JRAS., 1896, p. 656). Mangala-girl-See Pånå-Nfisimha, (Wilson's Mackenzie Collection, p. 139). Mangalaprastha-Same as Mangala-giri (Devi Bhagavata, Pt. VIII, ch. 13). Mangipattana-It has been identified by Dr. Burgess with Pratishthana, the capital of
Salivahana (Burgess' Antiquities of Bidar and Aurangabad, p. 54). It is also called
Mungi-Paithân (see Pratishthana). Manichuda-A low range of hills, on the western extremity of which is situated the town
of Jejuri, 30 miles east of Poona, where the two -Asura brothers Malla and Mali molested the Brahmins. They were killed by Khandoba (Khande Rao), an incarnation of Siva (Brahmanda P., Khetra K., Mallari-mahat., as mentioned in Oppert's On the Original
Inhabitants of Bharatavarsha or India, p. 158, note). See Mallari-lnga. Månskapura-Månikalya in the Rawalpindi district of the Punjab, 14 miles to the south
of Rawalpindi, is celebrated for the Buddhist topes, where Buddha in a former birth gave his body to feed seven starving tiger-cubs (Arch. S. Rep., vol. XIV, p. 50; Punjab Gazetteer, Rawalpindi District, p. 41). Måņikalya is also called Mâņikiala. The Buddhist story has been transformed into the legend of Rasalu. The inscriptions confirm the idea that the body offering" or "Huta-murta " stupa was at this place. General Cunningham supposes that it owes its ancient name to Manigal, the father of Satrap Jihonia under Kujula Kara Kadphises. The principal tope was built by Kanishka in the first century A.D. (JASB., XVIII, p. 20), and according to some, in the second century B.C. It is six miles froin Takhtpuri, and said to contain about eighty houses built upon the ancient ruins (JASB., XXII, 570). For the Indo-Sassanian coins discovered at Manikalya, see
JASB., 1837, p. 288; ibid., II, 1834, p. 436. Manikarņa-Manikaran, a celebrated place of pilgrimage on the Pârvati, a tributary of the
Bias in the Kulu valley (JASB., 1902, p. 36; Brihat-Dharma P., I, ch. 6). See Parvati and Kuluta. There are boiling springs within a Kunda or reservoir, 8 or 10 cubits in diameter, called Manikaran or Manikarnika. The pilgrims got their rice and pulses boiled
in this Kunda. It is a contraction of Manikarnika Manikarnika-1. Same as Manikarnå. 2. A celebrated ghat in Benares. Maņimahesa - The temple of Mahadeva Maņimahesa or Manamahesa--an image of white
stone with five faces, a celebrated place of pilgrimage, situated at Barmawar which was the ancient capital of Chamba (Champå or Champâpuri of the Rajataranging) in the Punjab on the bank of the Ravi near its source (Cunningham's Arch. 8. Rep., vol. XIV, p. 109;