Indian Antiquary Vol 52

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

Page 503

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sound of the fall at Mâludâ can be heard from a great distance. According to Dr. Bucha. nan, the river is separated by a sandy channel into two arms opposite to the extensive ruins at Buddha-Gaya. The eastern and largest arm is called Nilájana and Niringohiya
(i.e., Niranjana in Påli) (Martin's Eastern India, Vol. I, p. 14). Nilakantha-A celebrated place of pilgrimage in Nepal containing the temple of Nilakantha
Mahadeva at the foot of the Sheopuri peak (ancient Satarudra mountain), five miles north
of Katmandu (Brihat-Siva P., Uttara Kh., ch. 32). Nilaichana-Same as Nilajana. Nila-Parvata-1. Nilgiri or Nilâchal, a low range of sandhills in the district of Puri in Orissa
on which the temple of Jagannath is situated. 2. A hill near Gauhati in Assam on which the temple of Kamakhya Devi is situated. 3. The Nilgiri hill in the Madras Presidency SBB., Vol. VIII, p. 222). 4. The Haridwar hills called Chandi-pâhâd situated on the northern side of the Ganges called here Nfladhârâ between Haridwar and Kankhala (Mbh., Anušksana, ch. 25). 3. On the north of Meru. The Kuen-lun range in Tibet (Brahmanda P., ch. 35, vs. 34-38; Mh., Bhishma, ch. 7; Anusâsana, ch. 7). See Uttara-Kuru and
Harivarsha. Nirahara-Same as Nagarahára (Matsya P., ch. 113). Niranjara Same as Nilajana. Nirvindhyâ-A tributary of the Chambal between the rivers Betravati (Betwa) and Sindh
in Malwa (Meghadata, Pt. I, vs. 30, 31). It has been identified with the river Kali-sindh in Malwa (Journal of the Buddhist Text Society, Vol. V, p. 46-Life of Chaitanya ; Megkadúta, V, v. 29). But this identification does not appear to be correct as Kalidasa's Sindh (Meghadáta, Pt. I, v. 30), appears to be the Kalisindh; the Nirvindhyâ should be identified with the Newuj, another tributary of the Chambal between the rivers Betwa and Kali-sindh (see Thornton's Gazetteer, s.v. Groalior, Bhopal). The Newuj is also called
Jam-niri (Tod's Rajasthan, I, p. 17). Nisehirå-The river Lilâjan which joins the Mobânâ near Gaya, and their united stream
forms the Phalgu (49H P., ch. 116; Adrkand. P., ch. 57). It is the Nirañjara of the
Buddhists. Nishada-bhomi-See Nishadba-bhami. Nishadha-1. Marwar, the capital of the Nala Raja (Tod's Rajasthan, Vol. I, p. 140; Mbk.,
Vana, ch. 53). Narwar is the contraction of Nalapura. It was the kingdom of the nine Nages of the Purange. It is situated on the right bank of the Sindh, forty miles to the south-west of Gwalior. Lassen places Nishadha, the kingdom of Nala, along the Satpura hills to tho north-West of Berar, Burgess also places it to the south of Malwa (Burgess's Antiquities of Kathiawad and Kachh, p. 131). 2. The mountains which lie to the west of the Gandhamadana and north of the Kabul river, called by the Greeks Paropamison, now called Hindu Kush (Lasgen's History traced from Bactrian and Indo-Scythian Coins in JASB., Vol. IX (1840), p. 469 note). Paropamisos is evidently a contraction of Par. vate-Upa-Nishads, or the name perhaps is derived from the Påripâtra (the name of the Westernmost peak) of the Nishadha range (Brahmdada P., ch. 14, v. 9). Pamir is perhaps & corruption of P&ripåtra. The Paropamisos, the Hindu-Kash, and the Koh-i-Baba appear to be the names of the different parts of the westerly continuation of the great
Himalayan chain. Nishadha-bhami-The country of the Nishādas (or Nishädhas) of Bheels, which was origi
nally Marwar or Jodhpur, whence driven south by other tribes they settled among the mountains that form the western boundary of Malwa and Khandesh in the lofty range