Indian Antiquary Vol 52

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

Page 510

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Påņtprastha-Panipat, one of the five villages demanded by Yudhishthira from Duryo.
dhana (see Kurukshetra). The five Prasthas or villages are said to be Påņiprastha, Sonaprastha, Indraprastha, Tilaprastha and Bhågaprastha, whereas in the Mahabharata (Udyoga ch. 31) these names are Kušasthala, Bșikasthala, Makandi, Väravavata and another, but see Venisamhâra-Nataka, Act I, and Moh., Udyoga, ch. 72, where for Kušas
thala, Abisthala is mentioned. Papi-PAvApuri, about seven miles to the south-east of Bihar (town) and two miles to the
north of Giriyek. Mahavira, the twenty-fourth Jaina Tirthaikara, died here in B.c. 527 according to the Jain as of Guzerat, and in 569 B.C., according to Mr. Prinsep, at the age of 72 (Jacobi's Jaina-Sutras in SBE., XXII, p. 269), while he was dwelling in the house of the scribe of king Hastipala (Buhler's Indian Sect of the Jainas, p. 27) or according to Steven son's Kalpa-sutra (ch. vi) while he was spending the Paryushana (Pajjusana) at the palace of Shastipala, king of Papa. There are four beautiful Jaina temples in an enclosure which marks the site of his death. Pâpå is a corruption of Ap&papuri. Pâpå or Påvå has been wrongly identified by General Cunningham with Padraona which is the modern name of ancient Påvâ where Buddha ate food at the house of Chunda. Påvåpuri is the modern name of the ancient Pápå or Ap&papuri. See Apå papuri and Pava. Mahavira obtained the Kevalihood below a Sala tree at Jsimbhikagrâma on the river Ritu välika (Stevenson's Kalpa-sútra, ch. VI). See Kundagâma. The annual festival of Dipâvali (Divali)
was started to commemorate Mahavira's death (SBE., XXII, p. 266). Påpaghn-The southern Pennar which rises in the Nandidoorga mountain (Wilson's Mac
kenzie Collection, p. 137, quoting Vayu P.). Papanasam-The cataract at Papanasam in Tinnevelly is one of the most sacred places in
the Carnatic, graphically described by Caunter in the Oriental Manual of 1834. It was
visited by Chaitanya. Para-Same as Pårå (Vayu P., Pârva, ch. 45, v. 98). Pårå-The river Parvati in Malwa which winding to the north of Narwar, falls into the
Sindhu near Bijayanagara (Brahmanda P., Pûrva, ch. 48; Málati-Madhava, Act IX. And Arch. S. Rep., Vol. II, p. 308). It is the Eastern Pârvatî, the western Pârvatî being a
tributary of the Chambal (Thornton's Gaz., s.v. Parbutty and Sinde). Pärada-Parthia or ancient Persia (Matsya P., ch. 121). The Parthians were the Prithus of the Rig Veda. Parthia is mentioned as Parthva in the Behistun inscription of Darius (Rawlinson's Herodotus, Vol. II, pp. 590-616). See Pahlava. According to Dr. Oppert, the Paradas dwelt in northern Beluchistan (Oppert's On the Original Inhabitants of Bharata.
varsha or India, p. 35). Paralla-See Purâli. Paralipura-Deoghar in Bengal : it contains the celebrated temple of Baidyanatha, one
of the twelve great Lingas of Mahadeva. Another Parligaon situated in the Nizam's dominion is pointed out as the ancient Paralipura, but Paloogaon, another name for Baid ya
nath (Deoghar), is perhaps a corruption of Paralipura (see Chitâbhumi). Paraloka-See Purâli. Pårasamudra-Ceylon. It is the Palæsimundu of the Periplus and Simoundou of Ptolemy. See Bhatta Swami's commentary on the word Parasamudraka, a species of agalLochum grown in Ceylon mentioned in the 1rthašastra of Kautilya (Bk. II). Ceylon was always famous for its aguru (agallochum), as it formed one of the articles of gift presented by Bibhishana to Sahadeva (Mbh., Sabha. ch. 30).