Indian Antiquary Vol 52

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

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of the Vindhya and Satpure, and the woody and rugged banks of the Mâhî, the Nerbuda,
and the Tapti (Malcolm's Memoirs of Central India, Vol. I, p. 452). Niveitti - The eastern half of Pundra-desa, comprising Dinajpur, Rungpur, and Koch-Bihar,
the principal town of which was Bardhana-kuti which has been identified by Westmacot with Pundravardhana (JASB., of 1875, p. 188). Gauda was also alled Nivritti
(Trikandašesha). Nysa-Nysatta, on the northern bank of the Kabul river about two leagues below Hasta
nagar (St. Martin cited in McCrindle's Megasthenes and Arrian, p. 180). It has been considered by Mr. McCrindle to be the same as Nagara or Dionysopolis of Ptolemy or ancient Nagarahåra (see Nagarabara).
0 Odantapuri-Same as Udandapura. Odna-Same as Udra. Orissa (Brahma P., ch. 27). Seo Utkala and Srikshötra. The sacred
Buddhist places in Orissa were appropriated by the Hindus in the fifth and sixth centuries on the revival of Hiduism, as Bhuvanesvara was done by the Saivas, Puri by the Vaigh. navas, Yaja pura by the Saktas, Konarka by the Sauras and Darpana (ancient Vinayakakshetra on the Assia range) by the Gânapatyas (Dr. Mitra's Antiquities of Orissa, Vol. II, p. 148). For the persecution of the Buddhists by the Hindus, soo Asiatic Researches, Vol. XV, p. 264; Hunter's Orissa, Vol. I, ch. V; Dr. R. Mitra's Orissa, Vol. II, p. 58; Madhavâ charya's Sankaravijaya, ch. I, v. 93; Brihat-Dharma P., Uttara Kh., ch. 19). Pushpamitra offered 100 dinars for the head of every Buddhist Sramana in Sakala (Arch. 8. Rep., of 1863, Vol. II, p. 41, and Vol. XX, p. 103). But Dr. Rhys Davids and Dr. Bühler are of opinion that the Buddhists were not persecuted (Buddhist India, p. 319). According to Brahma P. (chs: - 28, 29, 42), Odra extended northwards to Braja-mandala or Jâjpur, and consisted of three sacred kshetras called Purushottama (or Sri) kshetra,
Savita (or Arka) kshetra, and Birajâ kshetra through which flows the river Baitarani. Okhavati-The river Apagk, a branch of the river Chitang; its shortest distance from
Thanor war is three milos to the south (Mbh., Salya, ch. 39; Arch. S. Rep., Vol. XIV, p. 88). Kuru performod sacrifice on the bank of this river. As, however, according to the Vamana P. (ch. 58), PrithiAdaka is situated on the Oghavati (see Prithadaka), and Pohos (ancient Prithůdaka) is situated near the junction of the Markanda and the Saras. vati (Punjab Gazetteer, Ambala District, 1884, p. 5), the Oghavati cannot be identified
with the Apaga. It must be the river Markanda. 0114 ---Same as Läta (Rajagokhara's Viddhasala-bhanjika, Acts II and IV). OHA is a cor.
ruption of Ballabhí or Balabhi, and its present form is Wallay or Wald (see Balabhl). Omkarı-Saine as Omkaranátha (Brihat-Siva P., II, ch. 3). Omkara-kshetra-Same as Om kåranatha (Brihat-Siva P., II, ch. 4). Onkaranatha-Mândhâtê, an island in the Nerbuda where the temple of Omkaranátha is
situated, 32 miles north-west of Khandwa, seven miles north-east of the Mortaka Railway station, and six miles east of Barwai. Od kâranatha is one of the twelve great Lingas of Mahadeva (Siva P., Pt. I, ch. 38). On the Birkhala cliffs at the eastern end of the island is the shrine of Kala Bhairava to whom human sacrifices were offered (Imp. Gac.). The temple is the oldest of Siva temples (Caine's Picturesque India, p. 397). Same as Mahishmati. Ophir-See Sauvira, Abhina and - Surparaka (Bible, I Kings, 8, 10). But some authorities
consider it to have been in Southeru Arabia instead of in India.