Indian Antiquary Vol 52

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

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Parasika-Persia (Raghuvashim, IV, v. 60): the Persians were the Parsus of the Rig Veda
and Parsan of the Behistun Inscription (JRAS., Vol. XV, pp. 101, 103). Paraskara-Thala-PArkara district in Sindh (Panini, Ashtadhydyt, IV, 3, 93; VI, 1, 157;
see Kunte's Vicissitudes of Aryan Civilization, p. 372, and his map). Parasurama-kshetra --Konkan (see Surpäraka-tfrtha), a large territorial division between
Surat and Goa, especially the entire sea-coast in the province of Bijapur. Its capital was Thana (Alberuni's India, Vol. I, p. 203). Sangameswara, a town on the Sastri river in the Ratnagiri district of the Bombay Presidency containing temples built by Paralu râma, was, according to the Sahyadri Khanda of tho Skanda Purana, called Ramakshetra or Parasurama-kshetra. (It was the headquarters of king Karna of Kolhapur in the seventh century (Revised Lists of the Antiquarian Remains in the Bombay Presidency, Vol. VIII, p. 201). The name of the town was evidently derived from the Mahadeva Sangamegvara whose temple was situated at the junction of the Krishna and Vend (Da Cunha's Hist. of Chaul and Bassein, p. 110). Konkaņ is bounded on the north by Guzerat, on the east by the Deccan, on the south by North Canara, on the west by the Arabian Sea. Vâlu. kesvara mentioned in the aforesaid Purána is the Malabar Hill, and Vanballi is Banavali, which is a tank in the southern part of the territory of Goa (Ind. Ant., III, p. 248). Parasu. râma-kshetra comprised seven divisions, viz., Kerala, Tulunga, Gaurashtra, Karahata, Baráláta, Barbara and Konkaņa proper. These seven divisions of land correspond to the seven different tribes of Brahmana who colonised it, and therefore it was called Sapta Konkan (Skanda P., Sahyadri Kh., Bk. II, ch. viii; Da Cunha's Hist, of Chaul and Bas
sein, p. 121 noto). Soe Champavati Basya and Sri-sthånaka. Parasuramapura-Twelve miles south-east of Patti in the district of Pratapgar in Oudh.
It is one of the Pithas where a portion of Sati's body is said to have fallen. Parasusthåna-The country of the Parasavas mentioned in the Vayu Purana (II, ch. 37,
v. 262), the capital of which was Hupian or Opian, a little to the north of Charikar at the north-east end of the Pamghan range (Beals RWC., II, p. 286 note). It is also mentioned
by Panini (V, 3, 117). Parasya-Persia (Vishnu P., II, ch. 3). Its chief town according to Hiuen Tsiang was
Saurasthana. Hiyen Tsiang must have visited Persia at the time of the Sassanian kings. when their capital was Ctesiphon on the Tigris. Su-la-sa-t'ang-na of Hiuen Tsiang is not perhaps Surasthâna or Saurasthana, but appears to be a transcription of Sataraochana,
the capital of Persia, now called Shahrud (see JASB., 1911, p. 727). Paripátra-1. The western part of the Vindh va range extending from the source of the
Chambal to the Gulf of Cam bay (Asia. Res., Vol. VIII, p. 33); according to Dr. Bhandarkar it is that portion of the Vindhya range from which the rivers Cham bal and Betwa take their riso (History of the Dekkan, Sec. III; Vardha.P., ch. 85). It comprised the Aravali mountains and the hills of Rajputana including the Pathar range which is perhaps a contraction of Paripátra. It appears to have included the countries of Aparanta, Saurashtra, Sudra, Malapa (Malava), Malaka and others (Kurma P., Purva, ch. 47), in short a great portion of the western coast of India. According to the Råmdyana, Paripátra or Pari. yatra (q.v.) was situated on the western sea (Kishk. K., ch. 42, v. 20). 2. The Hindu
Kush and the Pamir (see Nishadha). Pâriyâtra-Same as Paripátra (I) (Vamana P., oh. 13; Brahmanda P., Pt. II, oh. 16). Parpash-1. The river Banas in Rajputana ; a tributary of the Chambal (Vayu P., 1,
ch. 45; Cunningham's Arch. 8. Rep., viü, p. 16). 2. According to Bhagavanlal Indraji, another river of the same name rises near Abuin, Northern Guzorat (Bomb. Gaz., I, Pt. 1.