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according to him, Paundra was on the south side of the Ganges and Pundra on the north side between Anga and Banga, and Paundra must have comprised the modern districts of Santal Parganas and Birbhum and the north portion of the Hazaribagh distriot (Ancient
Countries in Eastern India in JASB., 1897, p. 85). Paundra-Vardhana-See Pundravarddhana and Pundra. It was the name of the capital
as well as of the country. "Jayapida Vinayaditya who ascended the throne of Kasmir in the Laukika or Saptarishi year 3825 (3825—3075=750 A.D.) visited Paundravarddhana and placed Jayanta, his father-in-law, on the throne of Gauda by defeating the five chiefs
of Pancha-Gauda (Dr. Stein's Rajatarangini, Vol. II, p. 163; Visus-kosha, s.v. Kulina). Paunika-Same as Punaka (Vayu P., ch. 45). Paurava-A country on the eastern bank of the Hydaspes (Jhelam) including the Gujrat
district, the original seat of the Purus. The kingdom of Porus who fought with Alexander
(Mbh., Sabha P., 27; Harshacarita, ch. VI). Påvå-1. Identified by Cunningham (Anc. Geo., p. 434) with Padraona, an ancient city
on the Gandak, twelve miles north-east of Kusinagara, the last place visited by Buddha before he reached Kusinagara where he died. Dr. Hoey identified PAvA with Pappaur, about three miles east of Sewan in the district of Chhapra. P&vA was the capital of the Mallas, Padraona is a dialectic variation of Padaravana. At Pava Buddha ate at the house of Chunda, acoording to Dr. Hoey, súkara (not hog's flesh) but sûkara-kanda (hog's root) which aggravated the illness that terminated his life (JASB., Vol. LXIX, p. 80). For the meaning of “Sakara-maddava ” which was eaten by Buddha, see note at p. 244 of the Questions of King Milinda (8BE., Vol. XXXV) by Dr. Rhys Davids. According to Dharmapala it means the tender top-sprout of the bamboo plant. Buddha himself interdicted the use of meat, “Lot no one, O Bhikkus, knowingly eat meat (of an animal) killed for that purpose : whosoever does so, is guilty of a dukkata offence" (Mahdvagga, VI, 31, 14). It is not therefore likely that he would have taken meat at Chunda's house. Asvaghosha does not mention the nature of the repast offered (see 8BE., XIX, pp. 285, note, 286). But see Mahd-parinibbana Sutta, ch. IV in SBE., XI, p. 71, where “boar's flesh " is mentioned. 2. Same as Pdpd or Pavápuri, seven miles to the east of Bihar
town, where Mahavira, the Jaina Tirthankara, died (see Papa). Pavamans—The Paghman (or Pamghan) range. It appears to be part of Paripátra (q.v.)
and therefore of the Hindu Kush (Devi Bhagavata, VIII, ch. 7). Påvani-The river Ghaggar in Kurukshetra (district Ambala), or rather the united stream
of the Sarasvati and the Ghaggar, which is called by the name of Sarasvati, the most sacred river in ancient India. The Pavani, which means the 'Purifier,' is said to be one of the eastern streams of the Ganges (Ramdyana, Adi, ch. 43). Bharata crossed the river Saras. vati at its junction with the Ganges (Ibid, Ayodh., oh. 71). Whether the Sarasvati over joined the Ganges or not, it is a fact that to the north of Thaneswar there is a celebrated Tirtha on the Sarasvati called Gangd-artha, where Gang& (the Ganges) is said to have bathed in order to get rid of her sins (Cunningham's Arch. 8. Rep., 1863, p. 64; Panjab Gazetteer, Ambala Distriot, p. 6), and the Ghaggar or Sarasvati is situated to the east of the Hladins which is also one of the three eastern streams of the Ganges (Ramayana, Ayodh., ch. 71, and Adi., ch. 43). The Ghaggar was a very important river before and the Sarasvati was its affluent instead of being the prin. cipal river itself as it is generally supposed (Panjab Gazetteer, Ambala District, oh. I, p. 5). 2. Same as Baidyanatha or Chitabhumi (Brihat-Siva P., Pt. II, ch. 3).
