Indian Antiquary Vol 52

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

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bank of the Saranga-tal, there is a small temple of Mahadeva called Sarnath. This temple is evidently founded on the ruins of a stupa erected to the memory of the six-tusked ele. phant which gave its tusks to the hunter in deference to his yellow robe. On the bank of the Naya-tal, where Buddha washed his garinents, there was a square stone containing marks of Buddha's robes, as stated by Hiuen Tsiang. The stone was found by General Cunningham near the village of Barahipur. For particulars of the ruins, see Sir John
Marshall's Excavations at Sarnath, 1907-08. . Mpigasthall-See Pasupatinátha (Vardha P., ch. 215; Svayambhu P., ch. 4). Mfittikávati --The country of the Bhojas by the side of the Parnasà (Banas) river in Malwa
(Wilson's Vishnu P., pt. IV, ch. 13; Harshacharitz, ch. VI). Same as Märttikâvata (Marta in Marwar). The capital of Mrittikâvatt or Mårttikâvata was Saubhanagara or galvapura, which has bsen identified by General Cunningham with Alwar (Mbh., Vana P., ch. 14, and Arch. S. Rep., vol. XX, p. 120). It was situated near Kurukshetra (see Mh.,' Maushala P.. ch. 7). It comprised portions of the territories of Jodhpur, Jaipur, and
Alwar. See Salva and Marttikavata. Muchtlinda-Buddha-kaņda, a tank in Buddha Gaya, to the south of the great temple.
Dr. R. L. Mitra, however, places the tank at a considerable distance to the south-east
of this tank, now called Mucharim (Buddha-Gaya, pp. 55-115). Muchkunda-A lake three miles to the west of Dholpur where Kala-yavana or Gonardda I
(Gonandh I according to the Rajatarangini, I, v. 48), king of Kasmir, an ally of Jarasindhu, was, by the advice of Krishna, consumed to ashes by a glance of Muchkunda when he was rudely awakened from his slumber (Vishnu P., pt. V, ch. 13; Vardha
P., ch. 158; Growse's Mathurd, p. 65). On the site of the lake there was formerly a mountain. Mudga-girl-Monghyr (see Madgala-giri). Mudgala-girl-Monghyr in Behar, Mudgalaputra, a disciple of Buddha, converted Srutavin.
satikoti, a rich merchant of this place, to Buddhism. Hence Mudgagiri and Mudgala-giri are contractions of Maudgalya-giri. The hermitage of Maudgala Rishi as he was called, existed near Monghyr (P. Ghosal's Bharat-bhramana). The Kashtahâriņi or Kashtaharana Ghat at Monghyr derives its sanctity from Råma having bathed at this Ghât to expiato his win for having killed Råvana, who though a rakshasa was nevertheless a Brâhmana. Ramachandra is also said to have expiated his sin for slaying Råvana by bathing at a sacred tank at Hatia-haran, twenty eight miles to the south-east of Hardoi in Oudh, and also in the river Gumti at Dhopập, eighteen miles south-east of Sultanpur in Oudh (Fahrer's MAI... Mudgala-giri is the Hiranya-Parvata of Hiuen Tsiang, which according to General Cunningham, is a form of Harana Parvata derived from the name of Kashtaharana Ghât (Arch. 8. Rep., XV, pp. 15, 16; Anc. Geo.. p. 476). The fort of Monghyr is situated on the Maruk hill, which is a spur of the Khadakpur hills, the Pirpâhâại hill at Monghyr being the most northern point of Khadakpur hills (JASB., 1852, p. 204). In the 11th century it was called Mun-giri (Alberuni's India,
I, p. 200). Majavant-It is identified with one of the mountains to the south of Kasmir. Soma plants, 80 necessary for sacrifices, used to grow copiously on this mountain (Drs. Macdonell and Keith's Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, vol. II, p. 169).