Indian Antiquary Vol 52

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

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Santal Parganas in Bengal; one of its ancient names was Paloo-gaon (see Chitâbhumi). Pânâ-Nrisimha-Mangala-giri, in the Kistna district in the province of Madras, about 7 miles to the south of Bezwada. On the top of this hill is a temple of Nrisimha called PânâNrisimha. It was visited by Chaitanya (Chaitanya-charitimṛita, II, ch. 9). On the widely open mouth of the image, sherbet (pânâ) of molasses (gud) is poured, but it is said that the god takes only a moiety of the sherbet which is vowed to him and ejects the rest, though immediately after, it swallows half a maund given by another votary. Pañcha-Dravida Dravida, Karnata, Gujarata, Maharashtra, and Tailanga or Andhra (Wilson's Dict.). This is not a geographical division, but it is the name of the five classes of Brahmanas of Southern India (Sherring's Hindu Tribes and Castes, p. 19). Pañcha-Ganga-The five Ganges are Bhagirathi (Ganges), Gomati (Godavari), Krishna
veni (Krishna), Pinâkinî (Pennar) and Kâverî.
Pañcha-Gauda-The Brahmins of Sarasvata (see Sarasvata), Kanyakubja, Gauda, Mithila and Utkala were called Pañcha-Gauda (Ballála-charitam, edited by Haraprasad Sastri, p. 2). This is not a geographical division, it is the name of the five classes of Brahmanas of Northern India (Sherring's Hindu Tribes and Castes, p. 19, but some of the names are differently given there). The Pañcha-Gauda of the Rajatarangin appears to be the five geographical divisions of the province of Bengal, namely Pundravarddhana, Radha, Magadha, Tirabhukti and perhaps Barendra (see Dr. Stein's Rajatarangint, Vol. I, p. 163; JASB., 1908, p. 208)." Pañcha-Karpata-The district called Panjkora on the southern slope of the Hindu-Kush, and the town called Panjgauda, situated on the river Panjkora, a tributary of the river Swat. Both Panjkora and Panjgauda appear to be corruptions of Pañcha-Karpata. See Gouri (Mbh., Sabha, ch. 32). It was conquered by Sahadeva. Its chief town is Dir. Pañcha-Kedara-The temples of Kedarnath, Tuiganath, Rudranath, Madhyames vara and Kalpesvara, all situated along the Himalayan chain in Garwal, form a peculiar object of pilgrimage, and they are collectively called Pañcha-Kedara. Mahadeva in the form of Sadasiva, fled from Arjuna, one of the five Pandavas, and took refuge at Kedarnath in the guise of a buffalo, but finding himself hard-pressed, burrowed into the ground, leaving his hinder parts on the surface, which became an object of adoration here. The remaining portions of the god are worshipped at four other places: the arms (bahu) at Tunganath, the face (mukha) at Rudranath, the belly (nabhi) at Madhyamesvara and the hair (jata) and head at Kalpesvara (Führer's MAI.; Gouriprasad Misra's Kedaranátha BadariVisala Yatra).
Pañchala Rohilkhand. Pañichala was originally the country north and west of Delhi from the foot of the Himalaya to the river Chambal, but it was afterwards divided into North and South Pafchala, separated by the Ganges; the capital of the former was Ahichhatra, and that of the latter was Kampilya. South Pañchâla was the kingdom of Raja Drupada whose daughter Draupadi was married to the five Pânḍavas. Makandi was also the name of another capital of South Pañchala. South Pañchâ la extended from the southern bank of the Ganges to the river Charman vati or Chambal (Mbh., Adi P., ch.. 140), and North Pañchâla extended from the Ganges to the Himalaya. Kanouj was also the capital of Pañchâla at the time of Buddha (Rhys Davids' Buddhist India, p. 27). Pañcha-Nada-1. The Panjab,-the country of the five rivers called Satadru, Vipasa, Iravati, Chandrabhaga and Vitasta (Agni P., ch. 109; Mbh., Karna, ch. 45). The name is especially applied to the region watered by the collected streams of the Ghara (the united stream of the Sutlej and Bias) and the Trinâb (the united stream of the Ravi, Chenub and Jhelam) from their confluence to Methunkote near which the united water joins the